‘the pothole gardener’ project turns london’s potholes into tiny worlds full of living plants
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To be honest, these have always creeped and repulsed the living Christ out of me. I attended a show of hers in NYC, lasted about 10 minutes and then I hightailed it out of there; I was just that bothered. But, here it is.
Tessa Farmer - Swarm (2004) - mixed media, desiccated insect remains, dried plant roots, and other organic ephemera
“Farmer’s tiny sculptures give a glimpse into the world of fairies. No story-book land of Tinkerbells, Swarm envisions the purveyors of mischief and magic as an actual species, as animalistic and Darwinian as any other.
Exchanging Victorian romanticism for the darker pragmatism of science, Farmer evidences her specimens as fearsome skeletal fiends, plausible ‘Hell’s Angels’ of a microscopic apocalypse.
Posed in dramatic battle formations, Farmer’s menagerie wages war against garden variety pests; each figure, painstakingly hand crafted and adorned with real insect wings, stands less than 1 cm tall.”
(Source: likeafieldmouse, via fairchildart)
Hand bound book with a paper cover, made from a two plate copper etching. edge coloured in acrylic, with a leather case. (By Louisa Boyd)
Owl Pebbles | The Caroline Johansson
When I was younger I had a habit of collecting rocks. My poor mum, she always had to check my pockets before she washed my clothes! After seeing these adorable little pebbles I think I might have to start collecting again! This would be a fun project to do with little ones or even to use to decorate gifts.
(Source: featherandmoss, via scientificillustration)
Beiträge zur Paläontologie des Asiatischen Russlands by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.
St. Petersburg :Buchdruckerei der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften,1858..
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