green & shimmering

wightwick manor, wolverhampton, england by jo gemmell

“Two women rest and have a cigarette during a horseback adventure through rough terrain circa July, 1954 in Jasper, Alberta, Canada. Photo by Hy Peskin.”

For nearly a decade since the late 1970s artist Takanori Aiba worked as a maze illustrator for Japanese fashion magazine POPYE. The following decade he worked as an architect and finally in 2003 decided to merge the two crafts—the design of physical space and the drawing of labyrinths—into these incredibly detailed tiny worlds. Using craft paper, plastic, plaster, acrylic resin, paint and other materials Aiba constructs sprawling miniature communities that wrap around bonsai trees, lighthouses, and amongst the cliffs of nearly vertical islands. I would love to visit every single one of these places, if only I was 6 feet shorter. See more of Aiba’s work here.

Girls standing in water holding bunches of American Lotus, Amana, Iowa, November 1938.Photograph by J. Baylor Roberts, National Geographic

Toy elephant, made in India in the 10th century (source).

woodblock print by Taniguchi Kokyo (1864-1915), dated 1925

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A rare early twentieth century cowrie shell necklace made with unusually large and brilliant white cowrie shells, all the shells equally sized throughout, backed on a woven abaca ground, with bespoke metal display stand. Can also be worn as a necklace.  source

Room 11, Star Motel, Manistique, Michigan, Photo by Stephen Shore, 1973

Lady Gaga by Steven Klein for L’Uomo Vogue, November 2014

A mobile home shines amid eerie rock formations in Alberta, Canada, October 1970.Photograph by W.E. Garrett, National Geographic

Sandra Hilton / advertising photo by William Helburn for Kayser lingerie, c. 1965.