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Ceramic Sculptures That Look Like Wood by Christopher David White

Christopher David White is a trompe l’oeil sculptor whose works are handmade predominantly from clay and rendered with acute attention to detail, often resembling decaying pieces of wood, rusted metal, and other objects in various stages of deterioration. These works explore the relationship between humanity and nature and how both are in a constant state of flux between growth and decay. He received his Bachelors of Fine Arts in Ceramics from Indiana University in 2012. He went on to receive his Masters of Fine Arts in Craft/Material Studies from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2015.

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Realistic Sugar Sculptures by Joseph Marr

Joseph Marr born 1979 is an Australian artist of English/Maori heritage who lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He is known for his anatomically perfect sugar constructions of the human body that explore issues of desire and mortality.

Working with sugar is wonderful and difficult. Its so colourful and textural, having similarities to paint. But then there is the temperature which is firstly dangerous but also it drops so quickly which influences the viscosity, so I find myself having to work really quickly to get what I need. Its a sensory overload, the smell, the colour, the heat and the honey like movement… its sharp like glass and smooth like Marble and at the same time rough like concrete… unpredictable.

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“Now cracks a noble heart. Good-night, sweet prince; And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. ”—Horatio, from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet

Sculpture by Lord Ronald Gower

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Árvores magníficas…

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Anna Malina:  New Work

Anna Malina, from Germany and previously featured in Cross Connect, has produced a host of beautiful new work as she has completed her Bachelor’s thesis and been accepted into Graduate school.  Her unique cutout and hand drawn animation style has become richer and more inventive over the past year as she explores imagery from past and present in her work.  Take a look at her Cinewomen series that was the basis for the Bachelor’s which has too many works to publish here.

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& if you’re interested in .gifs as art & medium, you should definitely check out the interviews and articles at david’s @the-art-of-animated-gifs tumblr

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Carina Nebula - Harvey Dam, Western Australia

50mm + Hoya red intensifier filter - 24 x 6 seconds - ISO 3200 - f/1.8

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The Shrinking Aral Sea

The Aral Sea was once the fourth-largest lake in the world. Fed primarily by snowmelt and precipitation flowing down from faraway mountains, it was a temperate oasis in an arid region. But in the 1960s, the Soviet Union diverted two major rivers to irrigate farmland, cutting off the inland sea from its source. As the Aral Sea dried up, fisheries collapsed, as did the communities that depended on them. The remaining water supply became increasingly salty and polluted with runoff from agricultural plots. Loss of the Aral Sea’s water influenced regional climate, making the winters even colder and the summers much hotter.

While seasonal rains still bring water to the Aral Sea, the lake is roughly one-tenth of its original size. These satellite images show how the Aral Sea and its surrounding landscape has changed over the past few decades.

For more details about these images, read the full stories here: https://go.nasa.gov/2PqJ1ot

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Colourful Liquid Splashes Captured at 1/3500th of a Second Look Like Floating Sculptures

Cassandra Warner and Jeremy Floto of Floto+Warner Studio recently produced this beautiful series of photos titled Clourant that seemingly turns large splashes of colorful liquid into glistening sculptures that hover in midair. The photos were shot at a speed of 1/3,500th of a second, taking special care to disguise the origin of each burst making images appear almost digital in nature (the duo assures no Photoshop was used). They share about the project:

Colourant is a series of events that pass you by as an imperceptible flash. A fleeting moment, that blocks and obscures the landscape, a momentary graffiti of air and space. Creating shapes of nature not experienced by the human eye, these short-lived anomalies are frozen for us to view at 3500th of a second. Transforming the non-discernible and ephemeral to the eternal. The essence of photography—immortalize the transitory.

You can see several additional shots from the series on their website and prints are available through Vaughan Hannigan. If you liked this you can check out similar high-speed liquid works by Manon Wethly, Fabian Oefner, and Shinichi Maruyama.  Thanks Colossal

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Kazakh eagle hunters | Mongolia

The Kazakhs are the descendants of Turkic, Mongolic and Indo-Iranian tribes and Huns that populated the territory between Siberia and the Black Sea. They are a semi-nomadic people and have roamed the mountains and valleys of western Mongolia with their herds since the 19th century.The ancient art of eagle hunting is one of many traditions and skills that the Kazakhs have been able to hold on to for the last decades. They rely on their clan and herds, believing in pre-Islamic cults of the sky, the ancestors, fire and the supernatural forces of good and evil spirits.

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Untitled (?)

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Commissioned Altered Book, 2018, Isobelle Ouzman.

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Revelation or The Clockmaker by Remedios Varo 1955 oil on masonite

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Lightscapes, Justin Carrasquillo

A collection of dancing light forms that bring you through Death Valley, Red Rock Canyon, Kern River Valley and Kennedy Meadows, CA. The work is all done in camera, using the natural moonlight and a standard exposure.

Impressive work Justin! You can check him out on Insta.

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