Posts Tagged ‘nature’
Park Benches With a Twist
We find the manipulation of wood just fascinating. In the right hands, the possibilities are endless. In its natural state as trees, wood can obviously be quite beautiful. But the notion that an artist can create objects that harken back to their natural state, even after having served a function, is really quite something. The…
Read MoreSand Macrophotography of Dr. Gary Greenberg
There is tremendous beauty in nature, and even some not visible to the naked eye. Take grains of sand, for instance. Much like snowflakes, no two grains are alike. But Hawaii-based Dr. Gary Greenberg reveals a beautiful, colorful tapestry of tiny shells, coral fragments and weathered crystals through his magnified photographs. Greenberg, a former photographer…
Read MoreSuspended Stems
London-based installation artist Rebecca Louise Law turns floral arrangements on their head, quite literally. Law’s stunning work often consists of thousands of individual flowers suspended overhead by copper wire, which is not only visually arresting, but also expresses her personal exploration of the relationship between humans and the intrinsic impermanence of flowers. It’s very clear…
Read MoreMotion Exposure by Stephen Orlando
As technology advances, so too does our ability to track motion, as is exhibited by the iPhone, Fitbit, forthcoming Apple Watch, and others. But Canadian Stephen Orlando is more fixated with the beauty of motion, and innovative ways to capture it visually. Orlando, a mechanical engineer by trade, blurs the line between science and art…
Read MoreWe Are All Made of Flowers
We’ve posted about double exposure photography techniques before (here and here). This series by Bulgaria-based photographer Aneta Ivanova sort of takes things a step further, with color photography and by integrating a thought provoking theme through the juxtaposition of natural elements with feminine beauty. On a purely aesthetic level, the portraits are simply beautiful. But…
Read MoreHypnotic/Geometric/Fantastic Work of Andy Gilmore
Local (as in Rochester, NY) artist Andy Gilmore creates mesmerizingly hypnotic geometric compositions. These are not pedestrian takes on kaleidoscopic views, but truly unique works of art. As revealed in the following (terrific) short video, Gilmore’s often complex pieces are inspired by the world around him, especially patterns in nature. His remarkable work has garnered…
Read MoreWhy Not Hand Over a “Shelter” to Hermit Crabs?
These are not your average hermit crab shells you’d find, say, on the boardwalk at the Jersey shore. Japanese artist Aki Inomata created this series of intricate clear plastic cityscapes, in part, as commentary on human adaptation and migration. “The hermit crabs wearing the shelters I built for them, which imitate the architecture of various…
Read MorePaper Landscape
We’ve seen the work of Russian artist Eiko Ojala before, and it’s really special. His latest piece, a landscape, certainly qualifies. He’s clearly expanded his repertoire from colorful portraits to a more detailed and illustrative style, complete with shadows. Simply awesome. Via Behance
Read MoreExperimental Photography by Matthew Brandt
Los Angeles-based photographer Matthew Brandt has a fascination with the photographic process, and its relationship with the subject matter. For instance, when Brandt photographs a lake, the large format prints are soaked in water from said lake. But it doesn’t stop there; nothing seems to be off limits. Brandt has experimented with Cheez Whiz, Kool-Aid,…
Read MoreFieldcandy
With the weekend on the horizon, perhaps you’re planning on taking in the great outdoors and going camping (I think I can speak for just about all of us at Barbour, we probably aren’t). But if we were, we’d be sporting one of these ridiculously awesome tents. This is one of those things that makes…
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