AKA ~half-scientific
Not sure how I came upon this but it's been in my bookmarks for some time now. Thought I'd share this with you. His profile doesn't say much as to who or what he does. Though the pictures he has taken speak a thousand words from another world I'm sure you'll enjoy. These are just a few random pictures from his deviant account. There are many more and better ones there so do drop by....
Underwater monster by ~half-scientific on deviantART
In his office
Coil by ~half-scientific on deviantART
Nereis pellagica
4 eyes by ~half-scientific on deviantART
Freek polychaeta Pterosyllis finmarchica
It can beat you by ~half-scientific on deviantART
Pharynx of polynoid polychaeta Lepidonotus squamatus
Sea spider by ~half-scientific on deviantART
Sea spider Nymphon grossipes eating bryozoa
Spiked Dulichia by ~half-scientific on deviantART
Amphipoda Dulichia spinosissima always live on it's own stick
Dangerous by ~half-scientific on deviantART
Polychaeta, pharynx of Nephtis sp. And It's alive
"An Embryo" by ~half-scientific on deviantART
Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Dendronotus frondosus
Baaawww by ~half-scientific on deviantART
Crustacea, Amphipoda, Hyperia galba (Parasite of jellyfishes)
White Sea Bilogical Station
[via: http://half-scientific.deviantart.com]
Showing posts with label Arts and Architecture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Arts and Architecture. Show all posts
Monday
How to build an artificial reef out of 400 human bodies
Amplify’d from io9.com
The sculptures are designed using materials that will attract sea creatures and eventually become a coral reef. You can see more pictures on Taylor's website. Or watch this amazing movie of the sculptures surrounded by fish in the ocean.
See more at io9.com
See this Amp at http://bit.ly/gpgDXl
Almost Like A Whale
Ben Lawson
From Site:
"Pseudo-scientific illustrations on antique encyclopedia pages.
Previously exhibited at the National Glass Centre as part of their 2008 summer exhibition, "Art Forms From The Ocean". "
[via: http://www.trans-technical.com]
*Just a couple of his illustrations to entice you to his website to see more. Really nice and worth the look! ;)
From Site:
"Pseudo-scientific illustrations on antique encyclopedia pages.
Previously exhibited at the National Glass Centre as part of their 2008 summer exhibition, "Art Forms From The Ocean". "
[via: http://www.trans-technical.com]
*Just a couple of his illustrations to entice you to his website to see more. Really nice and worth the look! ;)
Friday
Jellyfish Never Looked Better
Jellyfish
From Site:
25-30 hand sculpted porcelain jellyfish
This installation was shown at Come Up To My Room at the Gladstone Hotel in Febuary, 2007, at Magic Pony in May, 2007, and Board of Directors (curated by Erin Stump) in October 2008.
[via: http://www.coeandwaito.com]
*Very nice indeed! Thanks TrentNotTracy!*
From Site:
25-30 hand sculpted porcelain jellyfish
This installation was shown at Come Up To My Room at the Gladstone Hotel in Febuary, 2007, at Magic Pony in May, 2007, and Board of Directors (curated by Erin Stump) in October 2008.
[via: http://www.coeandwaito.com]
*Very nice indeed! Thanks TrentNotTracy!*
Wednesday
"Precious"
From Site:
Meet Caitlin. She’s three years old, and besides being irresistibly cute, she’s smart, because she’s already in love with the ocean. 
[via: http://www.finsonline.com/blog/portrait-of-a-young-artist/]
Portrait of a Young Artist
Posted by FiNS on Apr 8, 2009 in Blog, FiNS News, Non-DivingCaitlin commencing work
For a recent school project, she painted a beautiful picture of a fish in the sea, with only a little bit of help from her mom Kaylin, who took a short break from monitoring news stories for our Twitter feed to oversee this budding young artist’s creative endeavour.
Perhaps it’s the power of the internet, or perhaps (as we hope), there are a lot of concerned and involved parents out there…but we’ve been hearing a lot about children and their involvement with marine issues lately. If you have any more stories about kids and the sea that you’d like to share, please let us know!
And Caitlin…from the entire FiNS Team….we love your painting, and we’re looking forward to seeing more of your work!!!
Caitlin's completed masterpiece...accompanied by an ear-to-ear smile!
[via: http://www.finsonline.com/blog/portrait-of-a-young-artist/]
Friday
Kinetic Art - Sea Life Series
'Oceania' kinetic art by Casey Curran
"Oceania" kinetic art by Casey Curran from casey curran on Vimeo.
Take a look at the amazing hand-cranked automata of Casey Curran. The artist uses twisted wire of various materials to create very original and organic forms. There is no welding or soldering involved -- just twisted wire!
[via:http://www.dugnorth.com]
[via: http://galleryima.com]
*Nice very nice!*
"Oceania" kinetic art by Casey Curran from casey curran on Vimeo.
Take a look at the amazing hand-cranked automata of Casey Curran. The artist uses twisted wire of various materials to create very original and organic forms. There is no welding or soldering involved -- just twisted wire!
[via:http://www.dugnorth.com]
[via: http://galleryima.com]
*Nice very nice!*
Sunday
SeaSteading
Run away to sea and start your own country
Seasteading Institute to create futuristic island nation
From Site:
Fed up with politics? Start your own country at sea, living in your own utopia with its own laws, customs and peculiarities. Sure, it's been tried before with varying degrees of success, but now the nonprofit Seasteading Institute says such a platform can be built safely, and at reasonable cost.
Seasteading Institute to create futuristic island nation
From Site:
Fed up with politics? Start your own country at sea, living in your own utopia with its own laws, customs and peculiarities. Sure, it's been tried before with varying degrees of success, but now the nonprofit Seasteading Institute says such a platform can be built safely, and at reasonable cost.
This 160,000 square foot deck, held together by super-strong carbon-fiber cables, was created by offshore oil rig designer Marine Innovation & Technology. It's supported by floating, stabilizing pillars to minimize the effects of huge ocean waves, powered by an auxiliary diesel generator (where are the wind turbines and wave generators?) that can move it along at 2 knots, and includes a desalinization plant for all your water needs.
[via: http://dvice.com]
[via:http://www.seasteading.org]
[via:http://www.wired.com]
Friday
Stash of Glass Sea Creatures Unearthed
Glass menagerie: Museum unearths exotic stash of glass sea creatures
From Site:
Photo: Jeff Miller
Fragile glass sculptures of marine invertebrate animals await repair in a storage cabinet at the UW-Madison Zoological Museum. Crumbling from age, the intricate glass models were found by Zoological Museum curator Paula Holahan in boxes hidden in Noland Hall. Sleuthing work by Holahan led to information that suggests the models were made by Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka, a 19th-century father-and-son team of German glassmakers, and purchased in 1890 by Edward A. Birge, a former UW-Madison president, dean and zoology professor, and one of the first curators of the Zoological Museum.
Photo: William Warmus and Cornell University
Photo: Argonauta Argo, © National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff
Physalia Arethusa, © National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff
[via: http://io9.com]
[via: http://www.designmuseum.org]
[via: http://www.news.wisc.edu/13960]
From Site:
Photo: Jeff Miller
Fragile glass sculptures of marine invertebrate animals await repair in a storage cabinet at the UW-Madison Zoological Museum. Crumbling from age, the intricate glass models were found by Zoological Museum curator Paula Holahan in boxes hidden in Noland Hall. Sleuthing work by Holahan led to information that suggests the models were made by Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka, a 19th-century father-and-son team of German glassmakers, and purchased in 1890 by Edward A. Birge, a former UW-Madison president, dean and zoology professor, and one of the first curators of the Zoological Museum.
Photo: William Warmus and Cornell University
Photo: Argonauta Argo, © National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff
Physalia Arethusa, © National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff
[via: http://io9.com]
[via: http://www.designmuseum.org]
[via: http://www.news.wisc.edu/13960]
Saturday
A Pool Couch and matching Pool Coffee Table
From Site:
Unfortunately, these luxurious pieces of furniture are nothing more than publicity stunt.
An ad for swimming pool design firm Piscine Castiglione near Milan.
[via: http://eternallycool.net]
[via: http://www.piscinecastiglione.it]
Unfortunately, these luxurious pieces of furniture are nothing more than publicity stunt.
An ad for swimming pool design firm Piscine Castiglione near Milan.
[via: http://eternallycool.net]
[via: http://www.piscinecastiglione.it]
Thursday
Life doesn't get any stranger...
From Site:
Green porno reaches out and touches you
In a way that dry facts can't touch you. I especially like the big, wet slimy foot images in snail sex (below). Isabella Rossellini delivers bug sex performance art like you've never seen it before.
[via: http://blogfishx.blogspot.com]
*And yes I took the Green Porno Quiz!
Green porno reaches out and touches you
In a way that dry facts can't touch you. I especially like the big, wet slimy foot images in snail sex (below). Isabella Rossellini delivers bug sex performance art like you've never seen it before.
[via: http://blogfishx.blogspot.com]
*And yes I took the Green Porno Quiz!
Friday
Chopstick Octopus
Recycle artist Masataka Koike creates realistic-looking marine life sculptures from used wooden chopsticks. This octopus, which took eight months to complete, is made of 2,000 chopsticks.
[via: http://www.pinktentacle.com]
Thursday
Catalogue of Organisms: Get Kunstformen
Catalogue of Organisms: Get Kunstformen!
From Site:
As a corrolary of preparing the last post, I also discovered that a scan of the entirety of Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur on the BioLib site is available here. Be warned, though - that link leads directly to a file some 130 Mb in size, so only click on it if you really want it. Not to mention the significant amount of potentially productive time lost as you sit gazing stunned at Haeckel's spectacular artworks....
[via: http://catalogue-of-organisms.blogspot.com]
[via: http://other95.blogspot.com]
Stop by and read the rest of the blog.
Both are worth the stop!
From Site:
As a corrolary of preparing the last post, I also discovered that a scan of the entirety of Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur on the BioLib site is available here. Be warned, though - that link leads directly to a file some 130 Mb in size, so only click on it if you really want it. Not to mention the significant amount of potentially productive time lost as you sit gazing stunned at Haeckel's spectacular artworks....
[via: http://catalogue-of-organisms.blogspot.com]
[via: http://other95.blogspot.com]
Stop by and read the rest of the blog.
Both are worth the stop!
Tuesday
Monday
What I've always wanted to know....
How to keep a skyscraper standing using 100,000 gallons of water
From Site:
The liquid tuned mass damper sits atop of the 60-floor, 641-foot-tall south tower of One Rincon Hill in San Fransisco. The momentum built up by the skyscraper's swaying to and fro will naturally move the water in the opposite direction, balancing out the forces at work. Without the damper, the building would more easily succumb to natural forces — and in a city that was nearly demolished by a quake in 1906, those forces can be incredibly strong.
Unfortunately, the area doesn't double as a wave pool for residents of the 60-floor One Rincon Hill.
[via: http://dvice.com]
Saturday
RIVER PLANT AQUARIUM
RIVER PLANT AQUARIUM
From Site:
by Bridgette Steffen
This aquarium is not only an interesting home décor piece, but also a fish hatchery and vegetable garden.
Mathieu Lehanneur, Mathieu Lehanneur aquarium, Mathieu Lehanneur living river plant aquarium, indoor gardening, indoor ecosystem, urban gardening, indoor fish aquarium, indoor hydroponic systems, natural air filters, natural water purifying,
This version of hydroponics uses a refrigerated aquarium as a hatchery for freshwater fish, while vegetables grow on top in glass pods. The vegetables use the water from the fish tank, extract nutrients, filtering and purifying the water for the fish to reuse and develop. For those who don’t have the outdoor space to grow their own food, this may be an effective solution to the local food dilemma.
[via: http://www.inhabitat.com]
[via: http://www.dezeen.com]
[via: http://www.gearcrave.com]
From Site:
by Bridgette Steffen
This aquarium is not only an interesting home décor piece, but also a fish hatchery and vegetable garden.
Mathieu Lehanneur, Mathieu Lehanneur aquarium, Mathieu Lehanneur living river plant aquarium, indoor gardening, indoor ecosystem, urban gardening, indoor fish aquarium, indoor hydroponic systems, natural air filters, natural water purifying,
This version of hydroponics uses a refrigerated aquarium as a hatchery for freshwater fish, while vegetables grow on top in glass pods. The vegetables use the water from the fish tank, extract nutrients, filtering and purifying the water for the fish to reuse and develop. For those who don’t have the outdoor space to grow their own food, this may be an effective solution to the local food dilemma.
[via: http://www.inhabitat.com]
[via: http://www.dezeen.com]
[via: http://www.gearcrave.com]
Monday
Octopied Building
Octopied Building
by *FilthyLuker*
[via: http://filthyluker.deviantart.com]
http://filthyluker.deviantart.com/art/octopied-building-90953286
by *FilthyLuker*
[via: http://filthyluker.deviantart.com]
http://filthyluker.deviantart.com/art/octopied-building-90953286
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