Curio

an online curio cabinet.

[magictransistor]

Artist Unknown, Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights), Printed in Germany, c. 1907.

[mineraliety]

Available on Mineraliety in the David Scheirer Watercolors shop is this A to Z mineral illustration print. Pictured here is a detailed close-up ////// www.mineraliety.com/shops/dswatercolors

[digitalisdesign]

Love this watercolour A-Z illustration of minerals

[mineraliety]

Water clear Lemurian Quartz via @dusted77 ///////

www.instagram.com/dusted77

www.mineraliety.com

[digitalisdesign]

Simply beautiful.

[digitalisdesign]

The Harvard Library That Protects The World's Rarest Colors

The most unusual colors from Harvard's storied pigment library include beetle extracts, poisonous metals, and human mummies.

Apparently, people used to go to extraordinary lengths for that perfect shade of “Mummy Brown.”

[mineralia]

Vivianite from Bolivia

via The Arkenstone

[digitalisdesign]

Lovely!

[wapiti3]

Icones, and descriptions of the north Africa, and Asia, by the west with his journey, which mammalium

By Ehrenberg, Christian Gottfried, 1795-1876

German Academy of Sciences in Berlin. Museum of Natural History in Berlin.

Publication info London: Printed Academica sold by mittleres, 1828-1900.

Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries

Biodiversity Heritage Library

[digitalisdesign]

I was doing some sketches of lagomorphs, er, bunnies, the other day, so this is cool to see.

[itscolossal]

An Early Valentine’s ‘GIF(T)’ from Lonac

[digitalisdesign]

Cool mural idea!

[digitalisdesign]

I thought this was a fitting way to sign off 2015. Enjoying a cozy, quiet New Year's Eve hunkered down with the bunz. Happy New Year everyone! Seeya in 2016! #nye2015 #bunniesofinstagram #domesticbliss

[crossconnectmag]

Meredith Woolnough - Embroidery

Australian visual artist Meredith Woolnough creates elegant embroidered sculptures that capture the delicate beauty of nature in knotted threads. Through a delicate system of tiny stitches she creates intricate and complex openwork compositions that are then carefully pinned in shadowboxes, just like preserved specimens. Meredith is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning artist from Newcastle, Australia. Her work is held in public, private and corporate collections worldwide. Follow her on Facebook.

Facebook - are sure to find something for everyone!

posted by Margaret

[digitalisdesign]

So cool!

[digitalisdesign]

Idea for a painting...:) #ygk #kingstonontario #timesculpture

[okkultmotionpictures]

EXCERPTS >|< How the Eye Functions (1941)

 | Hosted at: Internet Archive  | From: Prelinger Archives  | Download: Ogg | 512Kb MPEG4 | MPEG2  | Digital Copy: not specified

Explains gross & detailed structure of human eye. Briefly describes how light waves are refracted by lens of eye and focused on the retina, emphasizes lens, its position and changes in curvature. Discusses monoculare and binocular vision, retina etc.

We invite you to watch the full video HERE.

EXCERPTS by OKKULT Motion Pictures: a collection of GIFs excerpted from out-of-copyright/historical/rare/controversial moving images.  A digital curation project for the diffusion of open knowledge.

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[digitalisdesign]

Deep dreamin'

[photojojo]

For the last two years, photographer Patrik Svedberg has had only one subject: the Broccoli Tree, a lonely specimen on the edge of Sweden’s lake Vättern.

While the project seems almost too simple, the results of his work posted on his Instagram are truly fascinating to behold.

Watch One Lonely Swedish Tree Change over Two Years

via Kottke

[digitalisdesign]

TIL about #squirrelsofinstagram. Here's my contribution from this time last year. #squirrelvsbirdfeeder #survivalofthefittest

[digitalisdesign]

Discovered these guys last year during our first spring in this house. They're even happier this year! #surprisetulips #springisfinallyhere

[digitalisdesign]

One of probably thousands of giants piles of boulders in the Arizona desert.

[digitalisdesign]

Watson Lake. Look closely and you'll see somebody climbing. :)