Meticulously Crafted Steampunk Creatures by Igor Verny Feature Articulated Wings and Limbs
newsdepo.com
If Igor Verny’s dragonflies and birds have difficulty taking flight, they may need a few squirts of WD-40 to get their metallic wings flapping. The Russian artist (previously) assembles steampunk-inspired sculptures that are fully articulated and can be sha
Hypnotic Illustrations Blur Resolute Women into Heavily Patterned Portraits
newsdepo.com
Argentinian artist Sofia Bonati (previously) illustrates arresting portraits that question the distinction between subject and backdrop. She poses her often unsmiling women against dense floral motifs or within dizzying, black-and-white stripes that conceal tLiving Chia Germinates from Clothing Abandoned on a Wash Line by Artist Bea Fremderman
newsdepo.com
Concerned with the ongoing climate crisis, Queens-based artist Bea Fremderman imagines an apocalyptic world of the not-so-distant future. Her living sculptures of everyday objects and clothing appear to have been abandoned suddenly, allowing nature to take ovIllustrated Florals Adorn A Gold-Wrapped Tarot Deck Infused with Botanic History
newsdepo.com
By pairing a classic tarot deck with stunning botanical illustrations, Kevin Jay Stanton merges the spiritual practice with the historical mythology behind plants and flowers. “Their archetypal symbols have mystical, philosophical, and psychological impOyster Mushrooms Sprout from The Pages of a New Book About Fungi
newsdepo.com
Biologist and author Merlin Sheldrake is using a particularly self-referential marketing strategy for his new book Entangled Life. In a recent Instagram post, Sheldrake announced the mycelium-based project’s release with an image of the text literally bA Gleaming Series of Pressed-Glass Ducks Sculpted into Pools of Water
newsdepo.com
In artist Jennifer Halvorson’s (previously) collection of lustrous glass sculptures, there sits a group of glossy ducks. In some of her pieces, the water the birds sit within pours over the side, and each shiny piece looks wet to the touch as if it has dripA Carnivalesque Short Film by Fernando Livschitz Imagines a Buoyant Vienna
newsdepo.com
“Vienna is like…,” a new animated short by Fernando Livschitz (previously), brings a heavy dose of the absurd to the Austrian capital. The director, who’s from Argentina and heads Black Sheep Films, captures an imagined Vienna in whicCorrugated Steel Shelves Line a Church-Turned-Poetry-Shop in Shanghai
newsdepo.com
Peer inside Shanghai’s St. Nicholas, an Orthodox church from 1932, and you won’t see pews or traditional iconography. Thanks to architectural firm Wutopia Lab, the renovated building now serves as a shrine to verse. Titled “Church in Church,Seamlessly Tour 37 Artists’ Studios From Around the World in a Successive Compilation
newsdepo.com
Berlin-based artist Falk Lehmann, who’s better known as AKUT (previously), recently decided to funnel the energy he would have been using during this time for exhibitions and festivals toward a collaborative project intended to connect artists arounOnce Complete, Magic Puzzles Reveal an Optical Illusion and Secret Narrative
newsdepo.com
When Max Temkin was considering his latest project, Magic Puzzles, he wanted to ensure that the most exciting moment wasn’t inserting the last piece. The Chicago-based designer, who’s behind games like Cards Against Humanity, worked with artistHomegrown Botanics Collaged into Conflict-Ridden Figures by Artist Meggan Joy
newsdepo.com
For Meggan Joy to begin creating her flowery assemblages, she first has to plant the seeds. The Seattle-based artist cultivates a plot in a community garden throughout the summer months, tending to each fern and vibrant petal. Once her patch is in full bloomA Woman and A Fish Time Travel Through A Heartfelt Short Film Directed by Ben Brand
newsdepo.com
“Does everything you throw in the ocean eventually come back to you?” asks Amsterdam-based director Ben Brand. His new short film, titled “Sea You,” opens with a gray-haired woman sitting at her dining table, except rather than a tearPaper Figures and Objects by Bethany Bickley Spring From Book Pages
newsdepo.com
A measure of well-written fiction is its ability to provoke clear images in the minds of its readers. For Bethany Bickley, though, the joy of envisioning protagonists and scenery has a more literal element. The Savannah-based artist utilizes pages torn fromHundreds of Womxn Are Photographing How They Cope During Quarantine
newsdepo.com
Since being quarantined inside her home in Buenos Aires, Lucía Morón has struggled with insomnia. “I have not been sleeping well and there are even days when I cannot seem to find the energy to get out of bed,” she says. As a way to manage her dA Chef Demonstrates the Emotional Steps of How To Make Sushi
newsdepo.com
How to Make Sushi outlines all the necessary tasks to assemble maki: slice your fish, spread the rice, bleed from avocado hand, sweat all over your workspace, spend years agonizing over perfection, and finally, slice your roll into bite-sized pieces. Enjoy? MA Chef Walks Through the Emotional Steps of How To Make Sushi
newsdepo.com
How to Make Sushi outlines all the necessary tasks to assemble maki: slice your fish, spread the rice, bleed from avocado hand, sweat all over your workspace, spend years agonizing over perfection, and finally, slice your roll into bite-sized pieces. Enjoy? MUnspun Wool Sculpted into Intimate Portraits by Artist Salman Khoshroo
newsdepo.com
For Salman Khoshroo, carefully fashioning thick fibers into masculine portraits has a therapeutic effect. The Iranian artist, whose impasto paintings we’ve written about previously on Colossal, says his Wool on Foam series is born out of recent trauma aHome MuralFest: 67 Artists Simultaneously Painted Murals in Their Homes and Gardens While Quarantined
newsdepo.com
Similar to other muralists, Copenhagen-based artist Jacoba Niepoort was preparing for a busy period full of travel and public projects when COVID-19 canceled all of her plans. “I had been dreaming of methods for connecting individual, like-minded creatiOnline Jewelry Design and Marketing Certificate at Pratt Institute School of Continuing and Professional Studies
newsdepo.com
Pratt Institute’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS) provides high-quality credit and non-credit courses and programs to adult learners in a variety of subjects for educational advancement, career change, and enrichment. Advance your jeweRosy Eyes Peer Out From Leaves and Insects in Bizarre Illustrations by Ana Miminoshvili
newsdepo.com
Tbilisi-based illustrator and designer Ana Miminoshvili captures the essence of modern surveillance by hiding it in plain sight. In Blooming Eyes, she implants her verdant leaves and botanical compositions with numerous eyes that peer out from their natural sCut and Paste Your Surroundings into Photoshop with Amazing New AR Prototype
newsdepo.com
Say goodbye to the tedious process of taking a photo, importing it, and placing it in its final position. The Paris-based designer and artist Cyril Diagne recently launched a new image editing program that circumvents the traditional method using a single appElegant Blooms Float Amid Botanical Watercolor Paintings by Artist Denise Ramsay
newsdepo.com
Based in France, botanical artist Denise Ramsay renders fleshy petals and pollen-heavy stamen in an exquisite series of watercolor paintings. She focuses on the capitulum, or the head of the flower, to give each lavender lady and glory lily an animated qualitExtra Tongues and Cheeky Grins Knit onto Humorously Grotesque Masks by Ýrúrarí Jóhannsdóttir
newsdepo.com
Although most masks hide emotions, Ýrúrarí Jóhannsdóttir’s knits permanently display fervid grins and facial contortions to those she passes on the street or stands next to in the grocery store. The Iceland-based designer has been crafting grotesque knVintage Jigsaw Puzzles Blended Piece-by-Piece into Surreal Montages by Tim Klein
newsdepo.com
Although there’s seemingly only one way to assemble a jigsaw puzzle, Tim Klein (previously) has diverged from the traditional method of following the photo on the box to assemble unusual arrangements of hybrid animals and everyday objects. The VancouveA Hypochondriac’s Obsession is Amplified in Mesmerizing Anatomical Mandalas Cut From Paper
newsdepo.com
For a hypochondriac, any sense of pain or discomfort can be a point of fixation, something specifically known as somatic symptom disorder. This type of obsession inspired paper artist Julie Wilkinson to create a project that would not only distract her from tSolve Your Life Problems with These Outlandish Remedies by Artist Dana Wyse
newsdepo.com
Dana Wyse has a cureall for, well, everything. Can’t make the bed properly? There’s a pill for that. Need to be a bestselling writer ASAP? An injection is all you need. Struggling to figure out the meaning of life? There’s a capsule for thatSolve Your Life Problems with These Outlandish Remedies by Artist Dana Wys
newsdepo.com
Dana Wyse has a cureall for, well, everything. Can’t make the bed properly? There’s a pill for that. Need to be a bestselling writer ASAP? An injection is all you need. Struggling to figure out the meaning of life? There’s a capsule for thatShadowy Geometric Shapes Rendered with Meticulous Crosshatching by Artist Albert Chamillard
newsdepo.com
Tucson-based artist Albert Chamillard (previously) spends hours, if not days or weeks, crosshatching cylinders, sliced cubes, and three-dimensional arrows. Rendered on vintage ledgers and graph paper, each geometric shape relies on the density of the artist&#A Dramatic Performance by Juilliard Students Brings a Socially Distant Approach to Ravel’s Boléro
newsdepo.com
Maurice Ravel’s Boléro is a particularly collaborative composition in that it passes the melodic theme through a series of solos. The sequential performances highlight the distinct tones and sounds of each instrument, whether it be a flute, violin, orA Dramatic Performance by Julliard Students Brings a Socially Distant Approach to Ravel’s Boléro
newsdepo.com
Maurice Ravel’s Boléro is a particularly collaborative composition in that it passes the melodic theme through a series of solos. The sequential performances highlight the distinct tones and sounds of each instrument, whether it be flute, violin, or thMake Your Own Paper Prawn Using This Pattern Designed by Artist Lisa Lloyd
newsdepo.com
We’ve been admirers of Lisa Lloyd’s meticulous birds and bees crafted from countless strips of paper for a while, and the London-based artist now is offering an amusing tutorial to create her tiny paper prawns at home. The downloadable instructions, wDreamy Paintings by Jacob Brostrup Layer Interior and Exterior Scenes into Surreal Composites
newsdepo.com
Danish artist Jacob Brostrup (previously) beautifully blurs the organic and domestic in his enchanting scenes of soaked floorboards and branches that jut from every corner. What could be a reason to phone a contractor in real life, the downed trees and poolinAn Unnerving New Film by Paul Trillo Imagines Earth Moments Before It’s Sucked into a Black Hole
newsdepo.com
A new film by New York-based director Paul Trillo lingers for just a moment on a serene body of water before plunging into a dizzying series of landscape transformations. “Until There Was Nothing” considers how Earth’s natural landscapes anLuminescent Zip-Tie Formations Are Shaped into Futuristic Organic Life by Artist Elisabeth Picard
newsdepo.com
Montreal-based artist Elisabeth Picard curls, fans, and locks together hundreds of zip-ties into tremendously formed glowing sculptures and undulating installations. The futuristic artworks merge geological and organic elements with science fiction to createMillions of Monarchs Swarm Fake Hummingbird As It Captures Spectacular Footage of Their Flight
newsdepo.com
With its clementine-colored wings bordered with black lines and white spots, the monarch, also known as Danaus Plexippus, is a widely recognizable insect. As the weather changes and gets cooler, the monarchs migrate from their breeding grounds in Canada andSurging Fractals and Glitches Are Woven into Mesmerizing Blankets by Zouassi
newsdepo.com
Wrap up in one of Zouassi’s earth-toned blankets, and you’ll find yourself in the center of a complex network of digital glitches and fractals. Each tassel-edged throw appears as if it’s covered in three-dimensional patches of fringe that swellGears and Dials Rendered in Intricate Drawings of Gem-Encrusted Insects by Steeven Salvat
newsdepo.com
French artist Steeven Salvat (previously) cloaks his beetles and butterflies in an elaborate armor of rotational gears, jewel-toned gems, and muted stained glass. He tells Colossal that the heavily adorned insects merge his passion for nature, history, and scChicago Potholes Are Filled with Pandemic Essentials in Humorous New Mosaics by Jim Bachor
newsdepo.com
One Chicago driver got a little too excited about Jim Bachor’s recent tribute to one of humanity’s preferred coping mechanisms. In a COVD-19 themed series, the Chicago-based artist (previously) installed four mosaic potholes on the city’s northeDomestic Perfectionism Overwhelms Faceless Women in a Satirical Series by Photographer Patty Carroll
newsdepo.com
Patty Carroll’s homebound snapshots are the epitome of domestic pressure: A high-heeled working woman tries to cook and chat on the phone but ends up amid scattered kitchen supplies with her head stuck in the oven. Mops and rags knock another figure down in
