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Geronimo Fills Lincoln Center with a Massive Balloon Installation for the New York City Ballet
Jihan Zencirli is not your average balloon artist. Based in Los Angeles and working under the monikerGeronimo, Zencirli builds sprawling conglomerations of perfectly spherical balloons in carefully selected color palettes. With vibrant colors and organically-inspired shapes, the balloons draw a contrast … Continue reading
The story of Frances Lockett, Britain’s first Cotton Queen – Museum Crush
Rachel Cornes, Museums Manager at Tameside Culture, talks about the very first Cotton Queen, Frances Lockett, a mill worker from Hyde who won the competition in 1930 Frances Lockett, a girl from Hyde who worked as a weaver in a … Continue reading
The scrimshaw made by an African sailor fighting the slave trade in 1827
Matthew Sheldon, Head of the Curatorial Department at the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth, talks about a scrimshaw belonging to an African sailor who helped the Royal Navy of the 1820s fight the transatlantic slave trade A … Continue reading
Fairy Ring Exhibition – Spacecadets Air Design
Spacecadets exhibition ‘Fairy Ring’ opened at Bishop Auckland Gallery, County Durham, in NE England and ran from 8th July – 9th Sept 2017. “Fairy rings (naturally occurring circles of mushrooms) are anchored in folklore as portals to other worlds. This … Continue reading
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In wine, there’s health: Low levels of alcohol good for the brain – ScienceBlog.com
While a couple of glasses of wine can help clear the mind after a busy day, new research shows that it may actually help clean the mind as well. The new study, which appears in the journal Scientific Reports, shows … Continue reading
Soaring Murals of Plants on Urban Walls by Mona Caron
Muralist Mona Caron (previously) has continued her worldwide Weeds series, with colorful renderings of humble plants growing ever taller on buildings from Portland and São Paulo to Spain and Taiwan. The San Francisco-based artist often partners with local and international social and environmental … Continue reading
Adam Savage Learns About Aardman Animations’ Stop-Motion Puppets Used In Their Film ‘Early Man’
Adam Savage of Tested visited Tested visited Aardman Animations‘ workshop in Bristol, UK and got a good look at the gorgeous stop-motion animation puppets and sculpting material used in their upcoming film, Early Man. Savage chatted with senior model maker Jimmy Young about their ‘model making processes for the puppets’ sculpts, … Continue reading
New Sparkling Blooms Photographed with Ultraviolet-Induced Visible Fluorescence by Craig Burrows
Photographer Craig Burrows (previously) continues to explore a unique photography method called ultraviolet-induced visible fluorescence that uses high-intensity UV lights to excite fluorescence found in some plants, animals, and various objects. Burrows chooses to focus on flowers, creatingcolorfully vivid interpretations of jade blooms, daisies, … Continue reading
A domino mural painted on an abandoned factory by Lithuania-based design studio Gyva Grafika. The mural was commissioned UAB AURIKA, a leading flexographic printing house in the Baltic States, to transform the well-being of the community as well as to … Continue reading
A Floating Photographic Lab by Claudius Schulze and Maciej Markowicz
Last year collaborative artists Claudius Schulze and Maciej Markowicz launched the aptly named project [2BOATS] — a duo of water-bound vessels that the pair steered from Hamburg to Amsterdam’s Unseen Photo Fair and Paris Photo over the course of several months. Both boats serve as traveling studios for the artists, … Continue reading
