Showing posts with label God. Show all posts
Showing posts with label God. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

divine design






Lisa Nilsson’s anatomical cross sections have a realistic look that makes us cringe slightly as we look inside a duck, a human brain, or human lungs. Then as we start paying attention to reality, we are stunned by these creations. The cross sections are created from carefully spiralled, folded, and rolled strips of tissue, specifically Japanese mulberry paper, and reclaimed gilded edges from books. Lisa Nilsson’s patience and steady hands are evident in every piece created using the ancient of quilling. The results are stunning their realism.




Tuesday, July 8, 2014

the potter at play






A spinning mosaic of patterns drawn by Michael Gardner Mikhail Sadovnikov with wet clay on a potter's wheel turns into a stunning combination of visual and performing art. With simple, seemingly easy movement of his hand, the artist creates complex patterns that show a precise geometry born out of poetic simplicity.