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New Unexpected Miniature Scenes Staged Inside Jewelry Boxes by Curtis Talwst Santiago | Colossal

Canadian-Trinidadian artist Curtis Talwst Santiago (previously) imbues vintage jewelry boxes with both bucolic moments and scenes of societal disaster in a collection of work titled Infinity Series. For many, the lid of the box serves as a backdrop for the particular … Continue reading →

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The Hummingbird Whisperer: A UCLA Researcher Cultivates a Community of 200 Hummingbirds Outside Her Window | Colossal

Photographer Melanie Barboni is an assistant researcher at UCLA’s Earth, Planetary and Space Science Program where she installed a hummingbird feeder outside her office window in hopes of seeing the elusive birds and maybe snapping a photo. Two years and … Continue reading →

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WoodSwimmer: A New Stop-Motion Short Made Entirely by Tediously Cutting Through Wood | Colossal

WoodSwimmer is a new short film by engineer and stop-motion animator Brett Foxwell, who has built armatures for films such as Boxtrolls and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Created in collaboration with musician and animator bedtimes, the work follows a … Continue reading →

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Surreal Photos by Erik Johansson

Multiple award-winning surreal photographer and retouch artist Erik Johansson from Sweden takes an engineering approach to his images. Source: Surreal Photos by Erik Johansson

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Footage of Over 30 Hummingbirds Splashing in a Birdbath | Colossal

Youtuber WildWingsLA has a special birdbath setup specifically for hummingbirds outside their Beverly Hills home. Known for being territorial, it’s rare to see so many birds at once, but at times the frame fills with dozens of them. Fun fact: … Continue reading →

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Towering Charcoal Portraits of Women by Clio Newton | Colossal

Swiss artist Clio Newton has been hard at work on a series of larger-than-life portraits of women portrayed entirely with compressed charcoal. The towering drawings can reach nearly 8 feet tall and capture near photographic detail of her subject’s faces, … Continue reading →

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Elegant Flameworked Glass Sculptures by Eunsuh Choi | Colossal

Like a house of cards or a precariously stacked pile of pick-up sticks, it’s a marvel to stare at Eunsuh Choi’s glass sculptures and wonder how each object doesn’t collapse under its own weight. One of the central themes of … Continue reading →

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How stone poses became a surreal project – BBC News

What started as a whim seven years ago has become a major project for a London-based photographer. Source: How stone poses became a surreal project – BBC News

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The Phenomenon Of “Crown Shyness” Where Trees Avoid Touching | Colossal

Crown shyness is a naturally occurring phenomenon in some tree species where the upper most branches in a forest canopy avoid touching one another. The visual effect is striking as it creates clearly defined borders akin to cracks or rivers … Continue reading →

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Unusual Selfies by Izumi Miyazaki

These ongoing self-portraits by Japanese photographer Izumi Miyazaki are somewhat surreal and not the usual selfies you see on the internet. Source: Unusual Selfies by Izumi Miyazaki

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