The Japanese town of Inakadate has been converting its fields into living artworks every year since 1993. By arranging many rice species in intricate patterns, they produce amazing rice paddy art, drawing on their tradition as an agricultural community. The project for this summer features two well-known female portraits from both Western and Eastern art history. The famous … [Read more...] about A Japanese Village Grows Many Varieties of Rice to Create a Giant Tribute to Art History
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In The Oil Paintings Of Jon Ching, Flora and Fauna Combine To Create Fantastic Hybrid Creatures
In his painstakingly detailed oil paintings, artist Jon Ching skillfully balances texture and color to create fantastical creatures—owls with plumes of mushrooms and fuzzy molds, seahorses producing leafy stems, and fish with striped tulip fins—that appear natural in their surroundings. Ching's collection of work, which imagines a mystical ecosystem that visualizes the … [Read more...] about In The Oil Paintings Of Jon Ching, Flora and Fauna Combine To Create Fantastic Hybrid Creatures
When A Colony Of Wasps Is Given Colored Construction Paper, They Create An Amazing Rainbow Nest
Mattia Menchetti, a biology student, conducted an experiment on a colony of European paper wasps, which produced some very colorful results. The water-resistant nests of paper wasps are made of fibers from dead wood and plant stems that have been chewed into a pulp and mixed with saliva. Menchetti gave colored paper to a captive colony of these wasps, and the insects created a … [Read more...] about When A Colony Of Wasps Is Given Colored Construction Paper, They Create An Amazing Rainbow Nest
Scientists Use Camera Traps To Create The World’s Largest Photo Database Of Amazon Wildlife
We may never fully comprehend the vast beauty of the natural world. However, thanks to scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), we've taken another step toward understanding one small part of the planet. The organization set up hundreds of camera trap stations throughout the Amazon basin for conservation research, capturing images and video footage of wildlife … [Read more...] about Scientists Use Camera Traps To Create The World’s Largest Photo Database Of Amazon Wildlife
Embroidery Artist Uses Brilliant Stitching Techniques to Create Lush Forest Landscapes
Katrin Vates' embroidery captures the lushness of the great outdoors. Her meticulously detailed landscapes use tiny stitches to depict tall trees and hidden houses. They evoke the beauty and wonder of walking through the woods, where the landscape is vast but full of small moments, such as a leaf floating towards the ground. Vates first became interested in embroidery as a … [Read more...] about Embroidery Artist Uses Brilliant Stitching Techniques to Create Lush Forest Landscapes