Art

June 18, 2020

Detailed Portraits Are Made by Twisting Single Lengths of Thread Around Thousands of Nails

At first glance, the detailed artwork of London-based Ben Koracevic looks like it's rendered in graphite pencil. However, a closer look reveals that his portraits of people and animals are actually made with string. Using thousands of nails carefully positioned on a blank white canvas, Koracevic spends countless hours meticulously winding long lengths of black string around the metal bolts.

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June 14, 2020

Impressionist-Style Paintings Depict the Natural Landscape in Striking Beauty

Artist Jim Musil uses his brush to capture the mutable patterns of the sky in striking Impressionist-style landscape paintings. Each one of his acrylic panels features a wide variety of textures, including watercolor-like washes, dry brushing, and geometric blocks of color. In doing so, the artist's immersive expressionist skies convey a strong sense of emotion which affects the landscapes depicted below them.

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June 12, 2020

There’s a Bronze Statue of a Mouse Knitting a DNA Double Helix in Russia

Tucked away in central Russia, an adorable statue pays homage to the animals that lose their lives in the name of science every year. Located in Siberia in the city of Novosibirsk, the sculpture shows a scholarly looking mouse knitting. And when one looks closer, it's apparent that this mouse isn't knitting an ordinary scarf or a hat. No, it's actually knitting a double-strand of DNA.

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