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Every Day Things Zoomed in at a Microscopic Level Look Trippy All of things in these images exist in the world around you. You may even encounter most of these daily. But when you take something seemingly normal, like an eye lash, it turns alien and strange when you zoom in to a microscopic level. A banana. The surface of a vinyl disc. Velcro. Red blood cells. Used dental floss. The filament of a tungsten lightbulb. A toothbrush. Toilet paper. The foot of a housefly. Sutures. A split human hair. The skin of a spider. Snowflakes. Salt and pepper. Salt. Lice. The edge of a stamp. Pollen. Pencil graphite. Orange juice. Needle and thread. Instant coffee. A human sweat gland. A human eyelash. A guitar string. The foot of a gecko. A football jersey. A flea. Dust. Chocolate. Chalk. A blood clot. Just think. Source

Photos of the Amazing and Gruesome World Under a Microscope I'm sorry if your mom only made you terrible slimy canned brussels sprouts, but you know not of what you speak. They are the best. To each his own, but I have been treated to some very fine fresh recipes prepared by excellent cooks. That I didn't like at all, with one notable and never repeated exception. Some people taste a bitter chemical in brassicas (cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, and brussels sprouts) that is flavorless to others.

Awesome Wood Sculptures by Sergey Bobkov 53-year-old Sergei Bobkov has an amazing unique technique of creating amazing sculptures out of Siberian cedar wood-chips. To create something out of nothing in a completely new way is far more inspiring. To create those artwork, Bobkov has developed his very own technique, that prevents wood-chips from falling apart, in time. Let’s take a look at the following Awesome Wood Sculptures by Sergey Bobkov. Wood-Chip Sculptures by Sergei Bobkov 53-year-old Sergei Bobkov has patented a unique technique of creating amazing sculptures out of Siberian cedar wood-chips. “It’s not very interesting to do what others can. To create something out of nothing in a completely new way is far more inspiring”. This is how Sergei Bobkov explains the unique form of art that he created. This resident of Kozhany, Russia, has developed his very own technique, that prevents wood-chips from falling apart, in time. Sergey has been doing this for some time now, but he has only created 11 wood-chip sculptures. Even though he was offered $17,000 for his wood-chip eagle.Sergei’s Bobkov declined, saying his rt is not for sale. Photo by Reuters via Daylife Photo by Reuters via Daylife Photo by Reuters via Daylife Above photos via EnglishRussia Reddit Stumble

Intricate Animal Sculptures Made from Wood Chips Dec 23, 2012 Sergei Bobkov is a talented Russian artist that uses wood chips to create intricate and realistic looking animal sculptures. The first step in the process is to carefully understand the anatomy of a creature. The next step is to create his own wood chips. [via My Modern Met, MSN Now, English Russia] Artwork by Sergei Bobkov If you enjoyed this post, the Sifter highly recommends: Shayna Leib, Glass Artist Architects To Create An Entirely 3D Printed Room—And It Looks Like Something Out Of Alien 3D printing and architecture are keen bedfellows, from 3D printed houses to constructing buildings from moon dust architects have been experimenting with the technology in various ways. And you can add to that list the Digital Grotesque project, which uses the technology to construct an intricate and ornate-looking room, digitally-designed, and printed in sandstone. The two designers behind the project, Benjamin Dillenburger and Michael Hansmeyer, recently unveiled a 1:3 prototype scale model of the room at the Materializing Exhibition in Tokyo and the Swiss Art Awards 2013. The piece is designed algorithmically to create Giger-esque forms that are based on dividing and then repeating shapes to come up with complex and bizarre patterns, as they explain: In the project Digital Grotesque we explore the new potentials of digital design using a reduced, minimalist approach that nonetheless transcends rationality. The full scale piece will be revealed on 22 July. @stewart23rd

Alive Without Breath: Three Dimensional Animals Painted in Layers of Resin by Keng Lye Singapore-based artist Keng Lye creates near life-like sculptures of animals relying on little but paint, resin and a phenomenal sense of perspective. Lye slowly fills bowls, buckets, and boxes with alternating layers of acrylic paint and resin, creating aquatic animal life that looks so real it could almost pass for a photograph. The artist is using a technique very similar to Japanese painter Riusuke Fukahori who was featured on this blog a little over a year ago, though Lye seems to take things a step further by making his paint creations protrude from the surface, adding another level of dimension to a remarkable medium. See much more of this series titled Alive Without Breath over on deviantART. (via ian brooks) Update: I have some additional details from the artist that I’d like to add here, as this post seems to be getting a lot of attention.

Riusuke Fukahori Paints Three-Dimensional Goldfish Embedded in Layers of Resin First: watch the video. Japanese artist Riusuke Fukahori paints three-dimensional goldfish using a complex process of poured resin. The fish are painted meticulously, layer by layer, the sandwiched slices revealing slightly more about each creature, similar to the function of a 3D printer. I really enjoy the rich depth of the pieces and the optical illusion aspect, it’s such an odd process that results in something that’s both a painting and sculptural. Incredible Body Paintings By Gesine Marwedel Transform People Into Animals And Organs Gesine Marwedel is a brilliant body painting artist based in Germany who creates both beautiful and terrifying pieces of art right on the models who serve as her living canvases. Marwedel is a master of painting on and with the human form – she can either emphasize it to work with her painting, or eliminate it to let her painting shine through. In both cases, she creates beautiful art that melds together with the people it’s painted on. These aren’t just pretty pictures – Marwedel also believes in the therapeutic qualities of art. She has even published a book exploring how body painting can be used as therapy. More info: gesine-marwedel.de | Facebook

This Traffic Jam Was Stuck In Belgian Forest For 70 Years These spooky apocalyptic images are not a scene from “Walking Dead”, they were actually taken at one of the biggest car cemeteries in the world – the Chatillion Car Graveyard, Belgium. According to an urban legend these cars were left behind by US soldiers from World War II, who could not ship them back to the US so they decided to hide them in a forest until they could come back and retrieve them. The locals disagree and say that it’s simply an old car dump of vehicles made after the WWII. At one point there were four car graveyards in Chatillon with as many as 500 retro vehicles. h/t: amusing planet Image credits: Rosanne de Lange Image credits: Theo van Vliet Image credits: Marcel Wiegerinck Image credits: Marcel Wiegerinck Image credits: Marcel Wiegerinck Image credits: Theo van Vliet