Sculpture
March 13, 2020

Artist Crafts Oversized Tissue Paper Flowers That Belong in a Candy-Colored Dreamscape

Artist Marianne Eriksen-Scott Hansen creates “paper couture” featuring larger-than-life blooms crafted from tissue paper. The thin sheets of color are gathered and trimmed to form petals and leaves that, while solid objects, have an ethereal quality to them. It’s as if they are fixtures in a candy-hued dreamscape. Experimentation is a central focus of Hansen’s paper creations.

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Design
March 12, 2020

Indoor Cat Towers Made From Real Trees Provide a Lifelike Outdoor Experience for Feline Friends

Despite being called “cat trees,” most indoor, multi-level scratchers don’t look anything like forest foliage. That’s until Shelley and Joe DelRocco stepped in. The Florida-based husband and wife duo create custom pet tree houses handcrafted from real trees and embellished with silk leaves. Each piece provides a life-like, outdoor experience for our feline friends—and they also make aesthetically-pleasing house plants (that you’ll never have to water).

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Creative Products
March 11, 2020

Glow-In-The-Dark Tent Ropes Help Prevent Tripping Over Them at Night

If you love camping, you’re probably familiar with tripping over pesky tent ropes, especially at night. The solution? Glow-in-the-dark ropes! These luminescent cords by Ram-Pro not only look cool, they provide some much-needed visibility in the dark, making it easy to find your way around your campsite at night. Made from polypropylene, the sturdy, 50-foot rope features reflective tracers that glow when hit with the moonlight or a flashlight.

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Tattoos
March 10, 2020

Rectangular Tattoos Reveal a Sliver of Scenes Like Peeking Through a Crack in a Door

While many colorful tattoos sprawl across the skin, the work of South Korean tattooist EQ is contained in a small rectangle. Calling this approach his Frame, there are entire stories told in the long, thin format. But because of their size, only a sliver of the entire composition is revealed—evoking the feeling that we’re viewing these scenes through a crack in a door. The inspiration for EQ’s Frames run the gamut.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.