Date: 19th century
Medium: human skull, antelope horn, skin, gut, hair
Classification: Chordophone-Lyre-plucked
Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Sculpture of an anatomical human heart, cast in resin and hand painted. Pewter finish. 10.5″ tall.
Only £65.00. I bet you could fit a real human heart in it instead of flowers. You know, if you wanted to. Just saying.
Via Pyewackett & Pecke.
[T]hese translucent orbs bursting with activity and life are made entirely from glass by New Jersey-based artist Paul Stankard, largely considered to be the father of modern glass paperweights.
While in college he discovered scientific glass blowing, the manual process of creating scientific instruments out of glass for use in laboratories. He was instantly hooked and for 10 years worked with industrial glass.
Eventually the pressure of a growing family at home lead to an experiment with the creation of glass paperweights in his garage to supplement his income.
Artist This is Colossal for additional photos and the full article.
i’ll never be the same
In 1999, I traveled to Venice, Italy. I made a friend who changed my life and brought out the best in me. I remember sitting with her in a plaza at night listening to “I’ll never be the same” (Billie Holiday). In October, 2013, she died in a car accident. She will be missed by many. This print is dedicated to her.
“Life is like getting dropped off in the middle of the woods, and then year by year, gradually walking home.”
-April Foiles
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.-Robert Frost
“Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say that there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.”
-Frank Zappa
Via Dan McCarthy.
Quotes via The Quotations Page.
Flat Bonnie helps raise awareness of abandoned animals, and the importance of adopting when you are ready for a new friend.
Flat Wooper Looper – The Plush Axolotl
Flat Bonnie in costume as BatBun for SDCC.
Via Flat Bonnie.
Illustrations of the various positions of a fetus in the womb from Muscio Medicus’ Musitio Gynaecia, a gynecological treatise dating to c. AD 500 and preserved in a manuscript around AD 900.
Via Europeana Regia.
[A]rtist Dan Webb creates amazing sculptures out of wood. The textures and intricate detail in his work are truly astounding.
Artist Dan Webb via Twisted Sifter.