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Design Soil … via Abigail Doan
It’s not every day that I read about an animal that really, i mean really, blows my mind. But today I have found one that I’m dying to share with you all. This is Osmia avoseta, a solitary bee recently discovered in the Middle East that has some crazy construction skills: it builds its home out of flower petals which it forms into a cocoon-like dwelling for its larvae.
Two days goes into creating the nest, as the mother bee bites off flower petals and flies them back to the nest, one at a time, where she then begins molding them into a cozy home using nectar as glue. Once the structure is complete, she uses mud to line the inside of the flower-house before covering that, too, in flower petals. She’s quite careful not to miss a spot!
These little half-an-inch chambers only house one egg, so the mother typically creates around 10; usually right next to one another. The momma bee will collect nectar and pollen and store it in her digestive tract until she flies back to the nest and plops it at the bottom. The egg is then laid on top of the yummy mixture for baby to enjoy.
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ESTHER
Ohhhhhh, I die.
Fabulous Swiss Chard. Anyone know if it’s from heirloom seeds? Via Abigail Doan @lostinfiber
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Fabulous Swiss Chard. Anyone know if it’s from heirloom seeds? Via Abigail Doan @lostinfiber
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Go Tilda1 aka “Tilda bares it all”
This month, timeless alien beauty Tilda Swinton (the polyamorous, gender-defying star best known for starring as the hero/heroine of Orlando, based on the Virginia Woolf novel of the same name) appeared in a photo shoot for W Magazine by Tim Walker inspired by David Bowie’s The Man Who Fell to Earth. In the interview accompanying the shoot, Swinton cites both Bowie and her father as figures who influenced her style. “They are individuals with whom I share the same planetary DNA,” she says. Of her father’s uniforms, Swinton says: “from childhood, I remember more about his black patent, gold livery, scarlet-striped legs, and medal ribbons than I do of my mother’s evening dresses. I would rather be handsome, as he is, for an hour than pretty for a week.”
This is not the first time that Tilda Swinton has appeared in a David Bowie-inspired shoot. Previously, she emulated Ziggy Stardust-era Bowie in a 2009 shoot with Craig McDean.
(via Coilhouse » Blog Archive » Tilda Swinton, The Woman Who Fell to Earth)
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This month, timeless alien beauty Tilda Swinton (the polyamorous, gender-defying star best known for starring as the hero/heroine of Orlando, based on the Virginia Woolf novel of the same name) appeared in a photo shoot for W Magazine by Tim Walker inspired by David Bowie’s The Man Who Fell to Earth. In the interview accompanying the shoot, Swinton cites both Bowie and her father as figures who influenced her style. “They are individuals with whom I share the same planetary DNA,” she says. Of her father’s uniforms, Swinton says: “from childhood, I remember more about his black patent, gold livery, scarlet-striped legs, and medal ribbons than I do of my mother’s evening dresses. I would rather be handsome, as he is, for an hour than pretty for a week.”
This is not the first time that Tilda Swinton has appeared in a David Bowie-inspired shoot. Previously, she emulated Ziggy Stardust-era Bowie in a 2009 shoot with Craig McDean.
(via Coilhouse » Blog Archive » Tilda Swinton, The Woman Who Fell to Earth)
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IceShifts Series by Nicole Dextras
For her series IceShifts, environmental artist Nicole Dextras freezes garments into blocks of ice, creating installations and photographic reproductions.
Dextras’ art refers to nature and the environment. One of her main series consists of three-dimensional words made of ice or living plants, put in the urban or natural landscape. She links the projects to the seasons; ice corresponds to winter and the plants to summer.
IceShifts is a wintertime project that deals with the garment and nature. The idea originated from a photographic study of clothes and fabrics suspended in water.
Dextras froze dresses and garments into big blocks of ice. The result is beautifully delicate, thanks to the transparencies and play of lights passing through the iced fabrics. Although frozen, the figures have a mobile quality, as if they were gently dancing.
