I always enjoy photographic evidence of new species discovered (the Earth is just an endless bounty of surprises, isn’t it?). My favorites are always the delightfully alien sea creatures. These sculptures could very well fall under that category.
Category: sea
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Okay, immediate bonus points for the name. Quantum Creative Glass has some amazing glass blown creatures.
The cephalopods are fabulous…
And you’ll find some intriguing land-roaming species, too.
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You won’t find too many standard rainbows on this blog, simply because I gravitate toward the darker side of art. But the recent US Supreme Court decision for nationwide marriage equality warrants a special celebration.
Julie Seabrook Ream, a dedicated mother and artist who could never pick a favorite color, has endeavored to make a rainbow collage every day for 100 days.
These collections newly frame the most mundane household objects. Anything can be art in the right hands.
Soapbox side note:
While I’m ashamed to live in a world where race, gender, sexual orientation (or other arbitrary factors determined by the dominant power structure) has any bearing on an individual’s rights or happiness, I’m heartened to see that human beings are evolving enough to begin dissolving our self-created boundaries. Congratulations to the LGBTQ community on an embarrassingly long overdue victory! -
In honor of Father’s Day, I present this collection of pregnant seahorses (as some of you may know, the male seahorse carries the babies).
Next time you have a disagreement with your dad, you can say “At least you didn’t have to birth 200 of me out of your gut.” That is how the seahorses roll.
I love that this one looks like he’s sitting on a balance ball.
If you want to watch a video of seahorse birth, you can see an example of this (mildly obscene looking) miracle of life here.
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!
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I can think of no better name for Irene Suchocki’s work than Eye Poetry Photography.
Don’t you want to just walk this past and get lost among these trees?
I used to love this ride as a child.
Make a wish…
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I love Caitlin McCormack’s crocheted creatures!
Some appear to me made from vintage doilies. Such an unlikely craft material for this subject matter, and I think it works.
The stray strings add to these pieces, as if they impart a kind of natural disarray or decomposition. Beautiful.
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Blaker-DeSomma Glass has a beautiful series of glass ocean wave sculptures.
I love how these creations capture the energy and movement of raging seas.
These, in smaller scale, would make amazing wedding cake toppers.
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Real Monstrosities recently had a post that reminded me of a small collection of Blue Ringed Octopus photos I’ve had floating around in my “Sea Creature” folder for years now.
These tiny cephalopods are actually among the most venomous, possessing enough poison to kill up to a couple dozen humans.
Since Real Monstrosities did such stellar job of giving the scoop on these beauties, rather than repeat the info I’ll guide you to that post.
PS. Don’t the rings remind you of an even more hypnotic version of Hypnotoad?
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I couldn’t find much about Kim Kovalev. But the small deviantART portfolio contains two pieces I adore:
Art Octopus
Spirit of the Forest
If anyone knows of more work by this artist, please share!
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This adorable little girl, embracing her monster (with a matching flower on its horn!) was the first piece from Omar Rayyan I laid eyes on a long time ago.
I was re-drawn into his work by this cephalopod inspired masterpiece:
He seamlessly integrates old world painting style with fantastically quirky imaginary beasts.
Now THIS is how to travel!
Tickle, tickle, fuzzy Mer-monster!
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