Oil Painting
July 3, 2022

Cinematic Paintings Capture the Tranquil Beauty of a Romanticized American Southwest

Artist Brett Allen Johnson captures the tranquil beauty of the American Southwest in immersive oil paintings. He carefully renders his memories of pristine desert places that are dominated by vermillion rock formations and blanketed by bright blue skies. Together, they create mesmerizing snapshots of the iconic terrain. Johnson's love of the West began in childhood, with his frequent travels around his home state of Utah and to Sedona, Arizona, where his grandparents resided.

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Embroidery
July 2, 2022

Vivid Embroidered Landscapes Come Alive Through 3D Stitching

Stunning environments come alive in the lush embroidery of Erika Tu'avo. The Utah-based artist stitches layers of colorful thread to create compositions full of depth and mesmerizing texture. From fluffy clouds to thick fields of grass to swirling tornadoes, all of her designs are so vivid, that they appear to pop out of the hoop. Tu'avo picked up hand embroidery three years ago.

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Science
July 1, 2022

Nun cho ga Is the First Baby Woolly Mammoth Discovered in North America

For only the second time in history, a baby woolly mammoth has been recovered. Discovered by gold miners in Canada's Yukon territory, the discovery is the first of its kind in North America. The female baby mammoth, whose body is mummified, was found on land owned by the Tr'ondek Hwech'in First Nation. This makes it an exciting discovery for both paleontologists and this First Nation.

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History
July 1, 2022

WWII Brides Wore Wedding Dresses Made From Their Fiancé’s Parachutes

Wedding dresses are themselves meaningful, but there are some gowns that are imbued with multiple forms of symbolism. For Ruth Hensinger, her wedding dress not only represented her marital union with her soulmate, but it was also a reminder of her husband escaping the clutches of death and allowing them to be together. How? Well, the dress is actually made from the parachute that saved her husband’s life during World War II.

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