MILLEFIORI (‘a thousand flowers’) - Fascinating images created by mixing ferrofluid with water color and putting it into a magnetic field.
Ferrofluid is a magnetic solution with a viscosity similar to motor oil. When put under a magnetic field, the iron particles in the solution start to rearrange, forming the black channels and separating the water colors from the ferrofluid. The result are these peculiar looking structures.
(via sundragonbeast)
She is so hot.
uhm. Yeah. I can’t even.
Best mashup ever.
(Source: letsdoascience)
Dicentra eximia ‘Burning Hearts’
All images borrowed from Wikimedia Commons.
Today I’m focusing on a single cultivar of a widely loved garden plant. D. eximia is valued for both its deep cerise flowers and its ferny blue-gray foliage. ‘Burning Hearts’, an award winning cultivar introduced in 2008, offers some of the deepest richest colours ever seen on any Dicentra species and indeed appears almost blood red streaked with burgundy/almost black markings in some images.
Dicentra, along with several over genera were once in their own taxonomic family titled Fumariaceae but are now categorized under Papaveraceae, the poppy family, instead.
(via the-plant-enthusiast)
Thilo Frank - The Phoenix is Closer than it Appears (2010) - Mixed media with mirrors
thats not art
that shits the matrix
(Source: likeafieldmouse, via suketchilt)
The flower shop scene in all its infinite glory.
Reblogging for my husband. Even though he doesn’t have a tumblr.
DIY Basic Illustrated Guide: How to Use Herbs from Illustrated Bites here. Go to the link for more illustrations on how to use and prepare herbs. Love this site.
(via bigscarymonsters)
Rather than tossing out old egg shells, design firm Nosigner figured out a way to transform the fragile, cracked containers into beautiful products. The Japan-based company believes that all natural forms have the potential to function in unexpected ways, and, with that in mind, they developed this recycled planter, entitled Hatch, and an eggshell lamp, entitled Rebirth.
The Hatch planter provides nutrition to small seedlings, which can then happily grow and blossom into larger plants. Once the plants grow too large, the shells can be reabsorbed back into the earth in order to continue the cycle of life. In Rebirth, the weight of the eggs is distributed evenly throughout the complex structure, resulting in a self-sustaining, and naturally friendly, arrangement. Nosigner says, “Surrounded by artificiality in this day and age, there exists a strong desire to touch life, nature, and other ‘real’ things so as to reaffirm our existence.” By using the thin, delicate outer casings that once provided protection for new life, the used objects take on a symbolic meaning that ties people and nature together and achieves harmony between beauty and functionality.
Bioshock vintage posters
This reminded me of a friend of mine’s senior thesis. She should check it out. @lioradesigns
(via ofscienceandgeeks)
Visually breathtaking Disney movies:
2/?? - Tarzan
(via typette)
(via lifeexperimence)
