We frequently feature artists who find their muse in nature or, at times, even use it as their medium. But sometimes nature can be it’s best artist, as seen here in beautifully intricate nests of the South African Sociable Weaver Bird. These birds, found in the Kalahari Desert, weave immense nest structures on the telephone […]
Artist Daniel Kukla substitutes mirrors for canvases to create dynamic desert images you’d swear were paintings. The photographs were captured in Joshua Tree National Park, where the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts meet. Kukla states: “While hiking and driving, I caught glimpses of the border space created by the meeting of distinct ecosystems in juxtaposition, referred […]
For Experiment No. 3, Shwood founder Eric Singer teamed up with some friends to create a unique wooden surfboard. Singer and company processed and shaped a functional, one-of-a-kind board using only reclaimed wood found on the Oregon coast. The construction process was guided by the expertise of Joe Blecha (blechaboardshop.com), a bona fide virtuoso of custom […]
Everyone remembers parachute day in elementary school gym class; grabbing a side of the seemingly-enormous circle of rainbow fabric and trying hard to ruffle it up high enough to run underneath. This is kind of like that, times infinity. Argentinian artist Tomás Saraceno calls this live-installation project Poetic Cosmos of the Breath. Participants gathered around […]
Cornelia Konrad creates site-specific installations by implying a sense of weightlessness to ordinary objects. The German artist’s sculptures appear to be frozen in time and space, gracefully suspended in the air as if the otherwise ordinary landscape has begun to float away. You can see Konrad’s diverse body of work at her website: www.cokonrads.de
