I Had No Idea...

... you could do this with an accordion.


The performer is Aleksandr Hrustevich.

Molten Glass on Paper

By Etsuko Ichikawa - "The glowing material is molten glass. She gathers really hot glass onto pipe and makes drawings on paper. Paper that she uses is extremely thick, almost like a slice of plywood, so surprisingly it doesn't get burnt so easily."

Lovely to look at.

via today and tomorrow

Myoung Ho Lee's Trees

"Myoung Ho Lee, a young artist from South Korea, has produced an elaborate series of photographs that pose some unusual questions about representation, reality, art, environment and seeing.

Simple in concept, complex in execution, he makes us look at a tree in its natural surroundings, but separates the tree artificially from nature by presenting it on an immense white ground, as one would see a painting or photograph on a billboard."

That first picture reminded me of the Tree of Tenere.

via lens culture

Micachu & The Shapes - "Golden Phone"

Micachu & The Shapes' "Jewellery" is so far my favourite album of the year. Enjoy the music.

And keeping in tune with Micachu's upbeat music, Women are Heroes.

Aztec Codex

Codex Fejérváry-Mayer is a 15th or early 16th century Aztec (or Mixtec) manuscript on deer skin from Veracruz in central Mexico. Link.





Loving the comic book feel of these.

via BibliOdyssey.

New Stop-Motion Animation from Blu & David Ellis

Huevazos

From Pruned:

"In the sewage treatment process, these extraordinary womb-like structures break down the organic solid matter in the wastewater into more stable materials. With additional processing, some of these byproducts are turned into fertilizers. These digesters also generate biogas with a high proportion of methane that can used to power the machines. In fact, in large treatment plants, they can produce more electricity than the installations require. The egg shape makes this process more efficient. Compared to their more conventional cylindrical counterparts, they require less energy, maintenance and space. That they are aesthetically pleasing is probably just a happy coincidence."

Bloody Wallpaper

Bloody wallpaper by Laura Splan. Wallpaper is hand block-printed wallpaper. The traditional pattern is printed using the artist’s own blood as ink.

via moon river

Red Storm over Sydney

23rd of September. Highrangers says:

"As I write this, there's an insane dust storm that's sweeping over Sydney."


loads more here

Bonus Video.



thanks to on space

Toy Soldiers

Toy Soldiers from Alta Media Productions on Vimeo.

And with this I think we can safely say that tilt-shift video has reached its pinnacle.

Mutant Soundwaves

via moonriver

Work vs. Leisure

Click on images for source.

Barrage

I needed to clear my rss reader of stuff I never got round to posting. Click on the pictures to find out what you are looking at.

Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, organ

And a whole load more of these here.

Eye Balloon

Eye Balloon - Odilon Redon (1840-1916).

via DDOOSS

more images at Giornale Nuovo (RIP)

Traces of War

"During the Vietnam War, the US flew more than 580,000 bombing missions over Laos. This is equal to one bombing mission every 8 minutes around the clock for 9 full years. In fact, Xieng Khouang, shown above, is considered the most heavily bombed place on earth. This intensive bombing campaign has left the landscape pockmarked with bomb craters."




"Some have been converted into aquafarms and even a Laotian prince turned one into a swimming pool."


"And speaking of bomb craters, here's a photo of a victory garden flourishing in a blitzed crater in London"


lifted from Pruned