Kang Dong Hyun is a korean artist that creates awe-inspiring figurative sculptures made out of metallic branches.
Kang welds spindly shoots and sprawling root-like shapes into facial features and bodies that are then finished with urethane paint.
Creating a cohesive display of flora and fauna, each hollow, stainless steel sculpture considers the relationship between species and the idea that all life on Earth may lead to an invisible string.
Inspired by natural forms, Stéphanie Kilgast’s artwork is an ode to nature and its current biodiversity. Plants, mushrooms, insects and other animals encounter in a vibrant swirl of colors under her brush or sculpting tools.
Since 2017, in her series “Discarded Objects”, she grows colorful organic sculptures on manufactured objects, celebrating the beauty of nature in a dialogue with humanity, questioning the lost balance between human activities and nature.
Her work has a cheerful post apocalyptic feel to it, a reassuring reminder that nature has the capacity to grow back, if we only let it.
Her work has been exhibited in North America, Asia, Australia and Europe.
“What is the bravest thing you ever said?” asked the boy.
“Help,” said the horse.
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse is a beautiful hardback hits the mood of the moment just perfectly. Charlie Mackesy, longtime illustrator to The Spectator, has produced a collection of philosophical gems as he pens the journey of an bunch of oddball companions, a boy, mole, fox and horse, searching for what life is all about.
The iconic captioned illustrations are a sequence they speak a universal language about friendship and kindness. At odd and difficult times that the ones we are living lately you can dip into the book and the sentiments will punch you right to the heart!
“When the dark clouds come… keep going.”
“When the big things feel out of control… focus on what you love right under your nose.”
What’s the best things about storms? “That they end,” said the horse
Charlie Mackesy was born during a snowy winter in Northumberland. He has been a cartoonist for The Spectator and a book illustrator for Oxford University Press. He has collaborated with Richard Curtis for Comic Relief, and Nelson Mandela on a lithograph project, “The Unity Series.” He has lived and painted in South Africa, Southern Africa and New Orleans, and co-runs a social enterprise, Mama Buci, in Zambia, which helps families of low and no income to become beekeepers. He lives in London but is often in Suffolk.
(Text from https://www.harpercollins.com/author/cr-134116/charlie-mackesy/)
Photo from The Telegrah
Website: https://www.charliemackesy.com/
In recent days, through his instagram account, Charlie has contributed with his art to the support and admiration that we all feel towards Health Care Workers and all those workers without whom this confinement would be much more difficult. We know how hard they work and care, on a normal day. They have ALWAYS deserved our support; then, now and in the future.
Thanks Charlie.
On July 24,2007 five members of the Rugendo family were cold-blooded murder on what to become the darkest hour at the Virunga’s park. This horrible act emphasizes the need to constantly protect Virunga’s gorillas and other wildlife. The park did some significant changes to its security after that event and in the next few years was able to protect the remaining Gorillas on site. The success of recent years is due to a dedicated ranger force that protects the gorillas while risking their own lives. These brave men are doing an amazing job and would not be possible at all if not for the help of individuals and organizations from around the world that have supported the park over the years. We thank these brave rangers by showing you these incredible pictures below and hopefully increasing awareness to this issue. If you want to help out and donate – do it here
Spanish sculptor Isabel Tomás (aka Lisa Toms) dreams up creatures that don’t live in our world. Based in La Sénia, Spain, the artist was just featured by Instagram’s official account where one of her creations received over 2 million likes. Isabel adds:
“My greatest source of inspiration is nature itself, not just animals and plants. I like to imagine how they’d behave, where they’d live, what they’d eat and other details, as if they were a real animal.”
Isabel designs, produces, sews, paints and varnishes all her creatures, which can be an arduous process since she does everything by hand, but she wouldn’t have it any other way.
Her artworks can be found for sale through Etsy store (but they sell out fast). You can also find her most recent creations at the links below.
[via Instagram]
A female gorilla with her son
The eastern gorilla is now listed as «critically endangered,» and humans might be mostly responsible. This alarming great ape update comes from the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) updated Red List for endangered species.
The new Red List has just under 83,000 species on it, and nearly 24,000 of those are at risk for extinction.
The IUCN estimates that less than 5,000 eastern gorillas remain in the wild and says that the overall population is decreasing, with a continuous decline of the mature population as well. The lowland gorillas have earned the «critically endangered» status, since the population is now only 30 percent of what it was 20 years ago, when it was first listed as «endangered.»
A female adult mountain gorilla, with her 6 months old offspring, in the Volcanos
This makes the eastern gorilla the fourth great ape to be classified as «critically endangered,» just two months after the Bornean orangutan was declared the same. Both types of gorillas and both types of orangutans are now critically endangered, leaving only bonobos and chimpanzees in the «endangered» tier.
Humans have played an important role in the rapid decline of these great ape populations. Between logging, habitat conversion for agriculture, and illegal hunting and trading, humans have contributed greatly to the destruction and fracturing of ape populations and homes.
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The Wilderness Act of 1964 marked a historic moment for the American environmental movement: for the first time, land was set-aside for the specific purpose of protecting it from the reach of mankind. The landmark act created the National Wilderness Preservation System, a nationwide system of federally protected lands known as wilderness areas. Today there are 758 wilderness areas across 44 states and Puerto Rico. Together, they represent over 109 million acres, or about 5 percent of all U.S. land.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History will open the photography exhibition, Wilderness Forever: 50 Years of Protecting America’s Wild Places, which runs through summer 2015. The exhibition opens on September 3, 2014 to coincide with the anniversary. In conjunction with the opening of the exhibition, Smithsonian.com will be launching a photo contest and exhibition website at
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The wildlife is amazing. Here I leave you with a small but powerful sample that give us some of the photographers who participate in the annual contests of photography by National Geographic. Hope you enjoy these mesmerizing images.
Fly Cap for a Vine Snake – Photo by Robin Moore A fly lands on the head of a vine snake in the Choco of Colombia.
Fennec the Soul of the Desert | (Photo by Francisco Mingorance)
The fennec, or desert fox is a canine mammal species of the genus Vulpes, which inhabits the Sahara Desert and Arabia. With its features ears, this is the smallest species of the family Canidae.
Get Away! | (Photo by Jayesh Mehta)
A group of 12-14 hyenas were chasing a herd of 7-8 elephants. The elephant herd included 2 adult females, a few teenagers, and a baby that was a few days old.
Bird Love | (Photo by Dirk Kanz)
Two Red-masked Parakeets posing for the camera. Seen near Cuzco, Peru
Gentoo Chicks | (Photo by Richard Sidey)
Two newly hatched Gentoo Penguin chicks get their first glimpse at the Antarctic wilderness
Flying Parrots from Paddy field | (Photo by Muraleetharan Rajasuntharam)
Wonderful moment of migrating parrots in a paddy field in Sri Lanka
A Peaceful Place-Photo and caption by Ralph Pace.
Morning tide-Photo and caption by Anthony Sweney
The power of the Criollo-Photo by Chris Schmid
Eye to Eye – Photo and caption by John Crabb
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