Elegant Jewelry Collection Designed by Mara Paris Profiles Subtle Faces
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An admirer of Pablo Picasso’s and Henri Matisse’s single-line drawings, Ayça Ozbank Taskan of Mara Paris has developed an elegant jewelry collection influenced by the two artists. The Paris-based designer portrays the personas dominating her work thrA Hanging Mobile of Bronze Hand Sculptures Casts Playful Silhouettes of Animals
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A bronze piece by Brazilian artist Albano Afonso uses multiple sets of dangling hands that mimic shadow puppetry. Titled “Os Pássaros e o Lobo,” or “The Birds and the Wolf,” the sculpture is illuminated by a light projector, casting d
Frightening Animation Compares the Size of Asteroids in the Solar System to New York City
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A new animation created by Alvaro Gracia Montoya of MetaBallStudio provides a terrifying look at the exceptional asteroids currently in the solar system. The video begins by comparing a human to one of the minor planets before revealing their enormity asBarcodes Function as Techno Instrument That’s Played with Reused Scanners
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Designed to recycle outdated electronics, multiple musical project by Electronicos Fantasticos utilize a version of the barcode system found on every package on store shelves. When scanned, each pattern sends a signal to its audio component, emitting theMassive Ice Formations Crystalize in Incredible Photographs by Paxson Woelber
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Anchorage-based creative Paxson Woelber has captured stunning photographs that illuminate the massive ice formations he recently stumbled upon in an Alaskan cave. Part of Castner Glacier in the Eastern Alaska Range, the expansive chamber is replete with glimmConnect the Dots to Reveal Animated Figures and Illusions in New Flipbook Set
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Mimicking Connect the Dots puzzles, a new pair of flipbooks released by Flipboku reveals jumping characters and spinning geometric shapes. Created by the animation studio Zumbakamera, Dots & Lines is made of up two books by the same name—Dots features aNostalgic Embroideries Recount Memories Found in Home Movies by Cécile Davidovici
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Memories often are described colloquially as being woven into our brains, threaded through our minds in ways that affect our every day. For Cécile Davidovici, though, memories and lengthy stitches hold a different relationship, and weaving her thread paintinUnderwater Footage Captures a Blanket Octopus Revealing Her Billowing Iridescent Membrane
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In a short clip captured during a blackwater night dive in the Lembeh Strait, a blanket octopus unfolds and displays a colorful web multiple times her original size. The aquatic animal’s iridescent body and tentacles glow against the nighttime wateProduct Breakdowns Expose the Wasteful Side of Industrial Design in Stop Motion Animation by Dina Amin
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Industrial designer Dina Amin takes discarded consumer products apart to see exactly what makes them tick. The hobby also exposes just how many resources and materials consumers throw away. A new stop-motion animation titled “What’s Inside”Upcoming Group Show at Beinart Gallery Celebrates the Intricate Art of Miniatures
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Melbourne, Australia’s Beinart Gallery is gearing up for an exhibition of small scale paintings, scratch-built models, and tiny sculptures. Co-curated by artist Joshua Smith (previously), the Miniature Art Group Show features impressive works by a grouFaces Emerge from Minimalist Ceramics by Fan Yanting to Consider Emotional Depth
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Just like a recent study reporting that facial expressions are more complex than we think, Fan Yanting wants to delve into the sentiment behind the scowl or smirk on a stranger’s face. The Taiwanese artist shapes small vessels and dinnerware in neutralWinter Sun Casts Icelandic Mountain Range in Alluring Candy-Colored Hues
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Iceland-based photographer Patrycja Pati Makowska utilizes the natural allure of Reykjavic’s landscape to capture her striking images that rely on the sunrise and sunset to transform a mountain shot into an idyllic work. Taken from Hallgrimskirkja, a cBold Illustrations by Calvin Sprague Camouflage Geometric Figures and Detached Body Parts
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American illustrator and designer Calvin Sprague blends bodies, disconnected hands, and wide-open eyes into their surrounding environments in his vibrant illustrations. Now based in Rotterdam, Sprague uses thin black lines and color-blocked shapes to create sHistoric Lithograph Reveals Anamorphic Views of Razed Bank of Philadelphia
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In 1832, artist John Jesse Barker added depth to a drawing by Philadelphia-based William G. Mason to create an optical illusion titled “Horizontorium.” Part of a tradition of anamorphic works, this depiction of the Bank of Philadelphia is one of tA Parade of Earthly Delights: Floating Bosch Parade Celebrates Painter Hieronymus Bosch in Spectacular Aquatic Event
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A floating parade dedicated to painter Hieronymus Bosch (previously) honors the artist’s fascination with the fantastical and absurd in an annual event that embodies his philosophy and aesthetic. The 2019 occurrence of the Bosch Parade included a musicaMoss, Coral, and Lichen Inspired Embroidery Hoops Stitched by Hannah Kwasnycia
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Canadian artist Hannah Kwasnycia stitches embroidery hoops inspired by moss, lichen, coral, mold, and bacteria cultures. Colorful strands are layered to form three-dimensional representations of living organisms. Kwasnycia freehands the abstract compositionsSheets of White Paper Layered into Dense Cityscapes and Forests by Ayumi Shibata
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Japan-based artist Ayumi Shibata (previously) constructs intricate paper cities and natural landscapes that both fit in the palm of her hand and are expansive enough to pass through on foot. Using dozens of layers of paper for a single project, Shibata carveA DIY Construction Kit Lets Users Create an Intricate Obstacle Course on Any Magnetic Surface
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A new kit asks users to test their design abilities by constructing complex obstacle courses with a goal of having a marble fall seamlessly into its final destination. Created by MakeWay, the buildable set features eight different tracks, twelve tricks (Human Hair, An Insect Trap, and Dozens of Fish Constitute Mail Art by Ritta Ikonen
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Finnish artist Ritta Ikonen has a rare relationship with postal services around the globe because of her ongoing Mail Art series. The documentary project started in 2003 when Ikonen was a student at the University of Brighton. She began crafting and sending APocket-Sized Notebooks Hold Miniature Paintings of Angela Mckay’s Travels
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Paging through a photo album detailing every moment of a friend’s poolside vacation might not be a riveting activity, but flipping through Angela Mckay’s sketchbooks filled with tiny paintings of her travels certainly is. The Brooklyn-based patterSkillshare Spotlight: Learn Danielle Clough’s Thread Painting Techniques
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We’ve written about Danielle Clough’s intimate embroidered portraits and botanical works stitched on everyday objects on Colossal, and now the Cape Town-based photographer, designer, and embroidery artist is offering a Skillshare class to teach her thSolar-Powered Air Balloon by Tomás Saraceno Shatters Records, While Protesting Lithium Mining
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In late January in Salinas Grandes, Jujuy, Argentina, artist Tomás Saraceno (previously) launched a black air balloon powered only by the sun and air, forgoing lithium, helium, or fossil fuels. By absorbing ultraviolet rays to heat the air and allow it to raAn Anti-Smartphone With a Rotary Designed and Built by Space Engineer Justine Haupt
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Justine Haupt, a developer of astronomy instrumentation at Brookhaven National Laboratory, spent the last three years developing a device that strips away all of the non-phone functions of modern smartphones. The Portable Wireless Electronic Digital Rotary TeSix-Year-Old Tulip Navigates a Wooly Garden in a New Animation by Andrea Love
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Andrea Love (previously) is back with a new heart-felt animation detailing the journey of a six-year-old girl named Tulip. An adaptation of Hans Christen Anderson’s Thumbelina, the 8-minute short film will chronicle Tulip’s adventures navigatingTwo Mice Photographed in a Comically Dramatic Struggle in the London Underground
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Bristol-based photographer Sam Rowley is dedicated to capturing fleeting moments. After lying down on the platform near London’s Underground and waiting for two mice to appear, Rowley was able to photograph the upright pair as they engaged in a brawl ovAnatomical Forms Emerge From Zippers, Quilted Fabric, and Felt by Élodie Antoine
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Belgian artist Élodie Antoine understands the behavior of fibers, controlling them in ways to produce textile designs that are organic, fungal, and oftentimes anatomical in nature. Her anatomies emerge from taut lycra, dense felt structures, and an impressivLife’s Sublime Moments Unearthed in Cubist Paintings by Connor Addison
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Barcelona-based painter and photographer Connor Addison situates his recent series of oil paintings within the context of philosopher Edmund Burke’s theory of the sublime. That notion is based on the idea that “whatever is in any sort terrible or26 Contemporary Chinese Artists Explore Materiality in ‘Allure of Matter’
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CHICAGO—Containing a massive paper wave, a tower of leftover fat, and a tiger-skin rug of 500,000 cigarettes, The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China encompasses 48 works from 26 contemporary Chinese artists in an exhibition on view now in Chicago. FHistorical Adobe Pigeon Towers Located Near Riyadh Captured in Photographs by Rich Hawkins
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In modern city life, pigeons are often a nuisance to be stepped around or shooed away. But for ancient civilizations, the birds filled a necessary position, prompting communities to build masses of adobe dovecotes, or pigeon towers. Surrounded by an expansivA Minimalist Home in Japan Utilizes a Tent Structure With Open Air Sides
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A new tent-shaped home built in a small agricultural village near Nagoka, a city in the Niigata prefecture of Japan, is designed with a community in mind, rather than a single family. Conceived of by Takeru Shoji Architects, the 166.24 square-meter “HarLoose Knits Flow from Hands and Needles in Glass Sculptures by Carol Milne
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Carol Milne’s knit pieces might resemble your grandmother’s afghans but certainly aren’t as soft or pliable. The Seattle-based artist (previously) utilizes kiln cast lead crystal to create her loose weaves of translucent, color-coordinated glassPeople Are Knitting, Crocheting, and Weaving Tangible Records of Temperature Changes
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In an effort to make the ongoing effects of climate change more visible, needleworkers around the globe are creating temperature blankets and scarves that track local weather patterns. Earlier this month, writer Josie George began an expansive Twitter threadPapier-Mâché Masks Crafted by Liz Sexton Bring Animals to Human Scale
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Rejecting anthropocentrism, Liz Sexton wants to break down the boundary between human and animal life. The Minneapolis-based artist creates large papier-mâché pieces of foxes, owls, and other wild animals designed to be worn by humans, creating a hybrid beiMinimalist Ceramics by Amy Victoria Marsh Exude Positivity and Playfulness
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Relying on a simple color palette, Amy Victoria Marsh crafts minimalist ceramics meant to inspire positivity and humor. The Manchester-based artist creates playful pieces ranging from supine women reading to others wrapped up on a sushi bed to her “HappColossal Switches From Amazon to Bookshop to Support Independent Booksellers
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In order to give to artists, writers, and small booksellers more directly, Colossal has removed nearly every link to Amazon from previous posts and replaced them with Bookshop.org. The new online platform supports independent bookstores by pooling 10 percentMiniature Seascapes and Cities Top Elaborate Paper Wigs by Asya Kozina and Dmitriy Kozin
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Saint Petersburg-based paper artists Asya Kozina and Dmitriy Kozin situate miniature worlds atop their towering paper wigs. The detailed headdresses combine contemporary themes with historical elements, resembling the extravagant hair and head pieces of the BBrightly Colored Rope Masks Born from Happy Accidents by Bertjan Pot
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During a material experiment, Dutch designer Bertjan Pot, along with his fellow designer Vladi Rapaport, discovered a technique for stitching together lengths of brightly colored rope to create interesting face masks. Though reminiscent of tribal masks and seBlack Men Photographed Immersed in Bodies of Water by Denisse Ariana Perez
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Caribbean-born, Copenhagen-based photographer Denisse Ariana Perez captures images that connect her subjects with the environment and redefine ideas of black masculinity and beauty. Taken in Benin and Uganda, Perez’s Men and Water series (I, II, and IIIFraming Pattern and Symmetry, Unintended Beauty Explores Intricacies of Industrial Spaces
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It’s well understood that producing a single book is an arduous task, making it even more impressive that British photographer Alastair Philip Wiper is offering three distinct versions of his newly released work, Unintended Beauty. The monograph is avai
