Now here’s an interesting contest over at Instructables: The brilliantly bejeweled Easter eggs of 19th century Russian artist Peter Carl Fabergรฉ are a hallmark of miniaturist engineering and craftsmanship. Forbes magazine’s late, great publisher Malcolm Forbes was an avid Fabergรฉ collector, building a set of eggs and objets d’art even a czar would envy. But […]
Trilobite beetle of Laos Mad Maxine sent me a great bug link – QuaoArlo has a great collection of videos he’s taken – he’s quite the world traveler and really knows his bugs. My favorite is the Trilobite beetle from Laos – it’s fantastic! It moves in a really unusual way; its legs are all […]
Artist David Rogers makes these wonderful ginormous sculptures of bugs. He started constructing things and learned to weld when he was only 13! His bugs are well-traveled; looks like they’re currently at the New England Wild Flower Society’s Garden in the Woods in Massachusetts.
Remember seeing this thing on YouTube a while back? A lot of people thought it was fake, but it’s a real critter, an Asp Caterpillar, Megalopyge opercularis, otherwise known as the puss caterpillar. It pupates into an equally adorable moth. It can be found in the southern United States – anyone ever seen one? If […]
An odd premise, for sure, over at the Instructables Faberge-style egg contest: The brilliantly bejeweled Easter eggs of 19th century Russian artist Peter Carl Fabergรยฉ are a hallmark of miniaturist engineering and craftsmanship. Forbes magazine’s late, great publisher Malcolm Forbes was an avid Fabergรยฉ collector, building a set of eggs and objets d’art even a […]
Rachel has just posted about Austin’s Cherrywood Art Fair, a popular holiday event happening this December, which happens to be accepting applications right now. All proceeds from the fair’s booth fees and silent auction go to CHULA (Cherrywood Urban Landscape and Arts League), which supports urban arts and beautification projects in East Austin. Hurry over […]
Crafter user AmyAwesome! lives up to her name with this colorful and fun Kermit the Frog mosaic she made–her first mosaic ever, if you can believe it! It still needs grout applied, but boy this thing came out great. Related: โข Crocheted Muppet Eyeglass Holder โข Polymer Clay Muppet Bracelet
