Digital technology has allowed for the introduction of many new art forms, just as Leonardo da Vinci once predicted on his blog. Upload a masterpiece with today's Groupon: for $59, you get an 11"x14" digital print in a 16"x20" frame at Art Materials.
The expert framers at Art Materials transform pixels into keepsakes by printing digital photos and fitting them in sleek, archival frames. Clients begin the process by ensuring their image's dimensions and file format match those in the online directions. Afterward, clients submit the file by email or digital carrier pigeon. Upon receiving the pic, a craftsperson at Art Materials feeds premium luster photographic paper into a printer’s ink-spitting innards to create a vibrant 11"x14" reproduction. Fresh prints pop against an ArtCare double-thick mat board, whose patented archival technology prevents fading and discoloration. Framers gather up the mounted photo and secure it to a matte black 16"x20" frame, fitted with Conservation Clear glass and a tiny silk parasol to protect the portrait's thin skin from UV damage. Finally, patrons pick up the finished photo for free from Art Material's shop. Orders placed before Saturday, December 10 are guaranteed for in-store pickup before Christmas.
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The Groupon Guide to: Archaeology
Archaeology is the science of digging up dirt to find morsels of broken ceramics and delicious bones to make history soup. Here’s a guide to executing an archaeological dig:
• Any location can be an archaeological site if you dig deep enough. Sift through your neighbor’s trash to find a wealth of information about how humans survive and where the catalogs go after you circle everything you want and leave them on your neighbor's doorstep.
• Digging for bones used to be outsourced to dogs, but ever since they embarrassed us at the dog park, humans have done our own digging. Be sure to bring a shovel, a trowel, and an insatiable need to destroy an earthworm's habitat.
• Archaeologists collect human bones to remind us that everyone in the past was a spooky skeleton until humans evolved to have flesh in the late 1950s and souls in the early 1990s.
• When an archaeologist finds a pottery fragment, he must also find the other fragments of the jar it came from and reassemble them, or risk being the only archaeologist who has never drunk mead from an ancient jar.
• Use carbon dating to find out how old fossils are. Carbon dating is a process in which scientists take fossilized carbon on a date and ask it questions about the 1970s to find out if it is old enough to remember that time period.
• If you can't find any fossils, make some of your own by putting a lizard in a tray of wet clay.
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