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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
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
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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Tagged animation, Art, construction, creatives, nature, photography, rhythm, sculpture
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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
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
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
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
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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Tagged Art, construction, creatives, Culture, nature, photography, Technology, UK
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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
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
