shinyslingback's art blog

ttaa:

i’ve never seen anything like this before. beautiful. 

milochskyknowsbest:

Marbelous Wood challenges the way we use wood in our built environment, where function and aesthetics work together in new ways. 

Pernille Snedker Hansen has repurposed an old marbling technique giving wood a supernatural, organic, colorful and vibrant pattern. The applied decoration engages in a dialogue with the natural growth rings of the underlying wood. 

Marbelous Wood reveals the mysteries in wood, exposing its story and the immense details embodied in nature. 

video

http://youtu.be/9ir2vkDJxBo?hd=1

(Source: miloknows)

claresophiet:

Mario Merz was an influential figure of the arte povera movement, like Jannis Kounellis, who I also wrote about quite recently. Merz’s igloos are perhaps his most iconic pieces, referencing some kind of pre-industrial society that has been lost. The artist was fascinated by the Fibonacci sequence and its occurrence within nature, something which appears frequently throughout his work.

Click through on the image for a link to Merz’s page on the Tate Online website.

thedailywhat:

Damn Nature U Pretty of the Day: Ants with a translucent abdomen (either ghost ants or Argentine ants) change color based on the color of the food they consume.

[reddit.]

(via 1l1k3)

isaac-lonetree:

Abstract: Weathered Crosscut 2 (by russell.tomlin)

(via aunatural)

oldbookillustrations:

Birds, from The pictorial museum of animated nature vol. 1, by charles Knight, London, 1844.
Via archive.org.

In  Death, Beauty

reginasworld:

©animalpicturesarchive.com

Camouflaged moth nearly completely hidden on a lichen-covered tree trunk

(via quickwitter)

picture-perfect-world:

starcrossed1:

the underside of some kind of leaf.  i’d guess a lily pad?

lickystickypickyme:

Gorgeous…..
via

(via thatfidelisgirl)

velvetyink:

Kunstformen der Natur (1904), plate 40: Asteridea (via)

birdie-hornbill.

monochrom23reich:

mutantminds:

mansonlamps:missobscene:pasdejeu:fuckkkorkill:crotchrotbarbie:(via -necromancy)

picture-perfect-world:

redjeep:

jpolch:

Baby hippo!