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Rejected Broken Porcelain Restored More Beautifully With Gold Lining

Korean artist Yeesookyung fuses mismatched and imperfect porcelain pieces into graceful sculptures. Keep reading

Tbilisi

In the words of the artist MEKI GIORGADZE:

In this project are collected attractions of Tbilisi (the capital of Georgia) , the project goal are popularize tourist places in my town and show the sightseeing of Tbilisi from different view.

I have eaten

the spiders that were in my cave

and which you were probably counting for statistical purposes

Great Art in Ugly Rooms

Paul Kremer’s ongoing series title says it all. Great Art in Ugly Rooms is a visual experiment consisting of pictures of “great art” placed in “ugly rooms.“ Started in 2013 this tumblr has been described as "the visual equivalent of a Steven Wright stand up routine" and as the "enchanting train wreck that occurs when a truly great work of art is juxtaposed with the most revolting of interiors.” [via]

“Ounce for ounce, bone is actually stronger than steel, and a cubic inch of it can bear four times the load than its concrete equivalent. Bone’s strength is derived from a composite of protein and insoluble salt or mineral called “hydroxyapatite,” which gives it the benefit of both stiffness and resistance. The ratio of this composite in a human femur, for example, is about 50:50, while something like an eggshell contains approximately five percent protein and 95 percent mineral content.

Using these ratios as a starting point, Oyen and her team were able to successfully produce samples of synthetic bone and eggshell by “templating” hydroxyapatite directly onto a substrate of natural collagen.

“One of the interesting things is that the minerals that make up bone deposit along the collagen, and eggshell deposits outwards from the collagen, perpendicular to it,” said Oyen. “So it might even be the case that these two composites could be combined to make a lattice-type structure, which would be even stronger—there’s some interesting science there that we’d like to look into.”

The group of engineers said their technique requires little energy and can be easily scaled, but because it currently requires the use of animal collagen as a protein source, they plan to replicate their results using more humane properties, such as synthetic polymers. It’s also unclear how much the production of artificial bone would cost compared to concrete and steel.”

Japanese Paper Embroidery Notebooks Hold Vintage Science Illustrations

Athens-based boutique Fabulous Cat Papers (previously featured here) showcases a beautiful range of hand-made embroidery notebooks composed of Japanese paper and scientific illustrations. Featuring hand-stiched floral, geometric and anatomical designs, the notebooks are a beautiful contemporary effort with a vintage touch.

Constructed from sewing threads, card stock, European paper, and waxed string, each design is meticulously illustrated by different color threads, which emulate various scientific graphs, which include the golden ratio, the anatomy of the heart, and black hole models.

The artist also pays homage to Japanese culture with the presence of stunning needlepoint compositions of its native flowers, such as bamboo and magnolias. The metaphysical and unique designs are 3D paper manifestations of nature’s obscurity and beauty. Find more of their notebooks in their Etsy shop!

stopped clocks

people accidentally speaking in unison

cold wind at night (when it’s not snowing)

seeing a light go off in a window

static in the air - everyone’s hair is standing up

slow piano music in a place that’s otherwise silent

Walking on Water

Christo’s ‘Floating Piers’ installation finally opens to the public June 18th. The highly-anticipated reveal sees 100,000 square meters of shimmering yellow fabric wrap a floating dock that connects various points on Italy’s Lake Iseo. Undulating with the movement of the waves, visitors can now experience the ‘Floating Piers’ as they walk from Sulzano to Monte Isola and to the island of San Paolo, which it completely encircles. The 3 kilometer-long walkway extends clear across the water, with surrounding mountains offering a bird’s-eye view of a golden network of passageways that lead in and around the town. The fabric continues along 1.5 kilometers of pedestrian streets in Sulzano and Peschiera Maraglio.

gold and blood

deep water, rusty clay cliffs

wet sand and black ink

lilac, wisteria, lavender, and bronze

honeycomb, pomegranate seeds, and raw meat

the green/silver/rotting earth tones of old growth forests

clean, milky sky blue and the bright, bruised tones of out-of-control fire

every gentle grey you can think of shot through with electric teal

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Tremontaine is the collaborative, serial prequel to my novel Swordspoint. The first episode of Season 1, written by me, is free online. It’s 13 episodes, the final one also written by me.

Wayne Thiebaud (born November 15, 1920) is an American painter widely known for his colorful works depicting commonplace objects—pies, lipsticks, paint cans, ice cream cones, pastries, and hot dogs—as well as for his landscapes and figure paintings. Thiebaud is associated with the Pop art movement because of his interest in objects of mass culture, although his early works, executed during the fifties and sixties, slightly predate the works of the classic pop artists. Thiebaud uses heavy pigment and exaggerated colors to depict his subjects, and the well-defined shadows characteristic of advertisements are almost always included in his work.