Creative & Decorative Nail Art Designs

Nail art is the latest obsession and talk of the town these days. Within couple of hours, by making use of innovative nail art techniques one can make his or hand gorgeous which were once ugly and horrible.

Everyone all around the world know that how important nails are in a woman’s overall beauty and this has given emergence to a new class of people known as nail stylists. They are trained people with new

improved and innovative nail styling techniques. Nail art is no more restricted to models and celebrities only. Nowadays even teenagers have become very fussy about how their hands look. They go for nail

extensions, quick manicures and different nice styles on the nails. Nail art designs are becoming more and more innovative these days being high in demand. Many people go in for their individualized

designs. You will be surprised to read that this funky nail fashion is not only influencing female clients but men also. Nail art is all about giving good hygiene and men too are visiting parlors, getting their nails

manicured. Funky nails designs in gold, silver, red, blue, black and green are very much in these days. Everyone is making use of bold shades this season. One can go for acrylic nails, airbrushing, natural
 hand painting, nail accessorizing, nail piercing and many other innovative things with your nails.Source: icePice

Read More........→October 17, 2025

The New 7 Wonders of the World

The Pyramid at Chichén Itzá (before 800 A.D.) Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

MEXICO: Chichén Itzá, the most famous Mayan temple city, served as the political and economic center of the Mayan civilization. Its various structures - the pyramid of Kukulkan, the Temple of Chac Mool, the Hall of the Thousand Pillars, and the Playing Field of the Prisoners – can still be seen today and are demonstrative of an extraordinary commitment to architectural space and composition. The pyramid itself was the last, and arguably the greatest, of all Mayan temples.

Christ Redeemer (1931) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

BRAZIL: This statue of Jesus stands some 38 meters tall, atop the Corcovado mountain overlooking Rio de Janeiro. Designed by Brazilian Heitor da Silva Costa and created by French sculptor Paul Landowski, it is one of the world’s best-known monuments. The statue took five years to construct and was inaugurated on October 12, 1931. It has become a symbol of the city and of the warmth of the Brazilian people, who receive visitors with open arms.

The Roman Colosseum (70 - 82 A.D.) Rome, Italy

ITALY: This great amphitheater in the centre of Rome was built to give favors to successful legionnaires and to celebrate the glory of the Roman Empire. Its design concept still stands to this very day, and virtually every modern sports stadium some 2,000 years later still bears the irresistible imprint of the Colosseum's original design. Today, through films and history books, we are even more aware of the cruel fights and games that took place in this arena, all for the joy of the spectators.

The Taj Mahal (1630 A.D.) Agra, India

INDIA: This immense mausoleum was built on the orders of Shah Jahan, the fifth Muslim Mogul emperor, to honor the memory of his beloved late wife. Built out of white marble and standing in formally laid-out walled gardens, the Taj Mahal is regarded as the most perfect jewel of Muslim art in India. The emperor was consequently jailed and, it is said, could then only see the Taj Mahal out of his small cell window.

The Great Wall of China (220 B.C and 1368 - 1644 A.D.) China

CHINA: The Great Wall of China was built to link existing fortifications into a united defense system and better keep invading Mongol tribes out of China. It is the largest man-made monument ever to have been built and it is disputed that it is the only one visible from space. Many thousands of people must have given their lives to build this colossal construction.

Petra (9 B.C. - 40 A.D.), Jordan

JORDAN: On the edge of the Arabian Desert, Petra was the glittering capital of the Nabataean empire of King Aretas IV (9 B.C. to 40 A.D.). Masters of water technology, the Nabataeans provided their city with great tunnel constructions and water chambers. A theater, modelled on Greek-Roman prototypes, had space for an audience of 4,000. Today, the Palace Tombs of Petra, with the 42-meter-high Hellenistic temple facade on the El-Deir Monastery, are impressive examples of Middle Eastern culture.

Machu Picchu (1460-1470), Peru

PERU: In the 15th century, the Incan Emperor Pachacútec built a city in the clouds on the mountain known as Machu Picchu ("old mountain"). This extraordinary settlement lies halfway up the Andes Plateau, deep in the Amazon jungle and above the Urubamba River. It was probably abandoned by the Incas because of a smallpox outbreak and, after the Spanish defeated the Incan Empire, the city remained 'lost' for over three centuries. It was rediscovered by Hiram Bingham in 1911. Source: Article

Read More........→January 23, 2025

Importance of the Learning Outcomes in the Early Years

At CHP, our teachers instill a love for lifelong learning, starting from our youngest preschoolers. PHOTO: Courtesy: Ellen Kane (CHP)

Currently, many parents are unaware of how children need targeted skill development to prevent developmental delays. In fact, did you know that in recent years, early intervention has become a common strategy in preschools and childcare centers as a way to provide children with services to meet specific developmental milestones? Skill development is essential from as young as 19 months to promote socio-emotional skills, cognitive skills, and physical development. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 1 in 6 children in the United States, or 17%, has at least one developmental delay. For years, educators and behavioral specialists have emphasized the importance of taking prompt action upon observing any signs of delayed development in children under three. A recent study published in the JAMA Pediatrics found that children exhibited elevated behavioral problems early on, emphasizing the importance of Early Intervention instead of waiting until the child is older. (1) This research underscores the importance of identifying and addressing behavioral issues in children as early as possible. An alarming number of parents are unaware that Early Intervention services are provided by the State until the child turns three if parents and pediatricians notice any developmental delays. A

Students learn to develop critical thinking skills with the help of hands-on classroom experiments. PHOTO: Courtesy: Ellen Kane (CHP)

Preschool Program Like No Other At Cedar Hill Prep, we not only understand the developmental milestones for children by age but also that every child is different and their learning abilities are unique. Our small class sizes enable teachers to individualize instruction based on a child’s needs. By using the Creative Curriculum, which is backed by research-based practices, educators at CHP not only harness students’ love for learning but also tailor their instructional goals with clear objectives that have

CHP’s comprehensive preschool and pre-kindergarten curriculum emphasizes Phonemic and Phonetic awareness PHOTO: Courtesy: Ellen Kane (CHP)

measurable indicators of developmental growth. As part of our preschool program’s commitment to early childhood development, we have adopted the Creative Curriculum to align with the overall mission of CHP. The curriculum emphasizes four key areas of development: social/emotional, physical, cognitive, and language. We aim to promote independence and self-control, enhance motor skills, develop critical thinking, and improve language development by focusing on these areas. Our teachers provide explicit instruction and opportunities for oral language practice to help children learn how to communicate effectively with others. In addition, we give significant importance to letter and number recognition, phonetics, and phonemic awareness to ensure a well-rounded educational experience. At CHP, we believe children learn best by doing, an ideology that aligns with the fundamentals of the Creative Curriculum. With a comprehensive curriculum such as this, parents are more likely to notice a transformation in their child’s learning abilities as well as overall development.To find out more about how our students benefit from the unique preschool program, visit our website or contact admissions to book a tour of our school!Importance of the Learning Outcomes in the Early Years

Read More........→October 31, 2023

Eco-friendly Fashion is in trend

In these days, youth are crazy to try the eco-friendly fashion either they are going to shop fabrics or accessories. It becomes a new fashion trend if we carefully watch the shopping trends of youths. The fashion designers are also designing the eco friendly products as they know the trend is becoming popular in the market. The young girls prefer to purchase jewelry of bamboo, fabrics, joot and stone. These are not only inexpensive but also give a stylish look. In these days, bamboo, fabrics, joot and stone formed necklaces, ear-rings, bangles, hairclips and ring are becoming popular in the market. This jewelry can be used with any dress. Such types of jewelry can be designed by women at home also. No only eco-friendly dresses and jewelry but eco friendly accessories are also becoming popular in the market. The wooden bracelets, ear-rings, necklace are becoming the first preference of youth. The footwear of joot is also liked by the youth most. To protect the environment from the harm of polythene, youths have started to use paper bags that are more eco-friendly than polythene. Although the government also has banned the use of polythene bags, but youths and common people helped a lot to make this mission successful. What is green fashion: Green fashion is not a trend of green colors but it means a trend of eco-friendly or organic fashion. Today it is very necessary to use such a fashion, if we want to protect our environment. ‘Going back to nature’ is demand of today’s environment and to lead in this way everyone is trying to find the new ideas and concept to implement eco-friendly trend. Eco fashion fiber yarn, textile, printing, drawing, finishing all these process are bonded with nature in some way. The people have started to use natural fiber, cotton fiber, linen, joot and flex instead of artificial fiber. Jewelry Accessories: In these days, you can find huge varieties of joot, paper, natural fibers, silk and wood formed dresses and accessories in the market. So many experiments are going to design these natural color fashion trends. Youth are crazy about this eco-friendly trend. These are not only comfortable but also give a feeling of style statement. Feeling of environment protection: According to fashion designer Swati Soni, there are so many concepts in eco-friendly. The main concept of using eco-friendly fashion is to make people aware against the harms of polythene and other harmful elements. To protect environment and for Global Warming, the messages like ‘Save Environment’, ‘Grow Trees’, ‘Save Water’, ‘Save Earth’ etc. are printed by using a vegetable print technology. The main advantage of this technology is that this is not harmful for body thus we can say that vegetable print technology is also a part of ecofriendly fashion. Many of the fabrics are available in natural stuff. Pure cosa and pure cotton are the best examples of natural fabrics. We can implement the eco-friendly concept by choosing the eco-friendly colors. To wear green colors cloths, floral prints etc. are the good tools to implement the eco-friendly concept.  Source: Medley News, Image: flickr.com

Read More........→August 14, 2015

Design your own tricolour bag for Republic Day

New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Whenever Republic Day is around the corner, clothes and accessories in the Indian tricolour become a rage. How about designing your personalised handbag in a combination of saffron, white and green. Toteteca Bagworks, an online platform, allows you to experiment with your designing skills to create a bag that gives a 'patriotic' colour to your wardrobe. The saffron and green add boldness to the designs, which are available in various shapes, sizes and with different accessories. You can choose from its online library - there are totes, clutches, satchels and more. The customisation can be viewed on the website, and the final product will be delivered at your doorstep within the promised time. The bags are priced between Rs.900 and Rs.3,400 and are available in about 50 styles, which are updated every week. Made freshly at the brand's workshop, the product is delivered at your doorstep within the promised time. Source: Article, Image: flickr.com

Read More........→January 26, 2014

Couture establishing unique identity in India

Delhi is gearing up for two fashion weeks this month. India Bridal Fashion Week starts from today and the fourth edition of Delhi Couture Week starts on July 31. In India couture and bridal wear have been considered similar unlike in the West, where couture is treated separately. But gradually, a few Indian designers are trying to break that mindset and invent haute couture in the country. In Paris, the term ‘Haute Couture’ includes presenting a collection that has at least 35 looks and is a mix of both day and evening wear. So far, Lecoanet-Hemant are the only Asian designers to have been part of this prestigious chamber. They have showed their collections at Paris Haute Couture from 1984-2000. India wakes up to the term haute couture Now, India seems to be waking up to the term haute couture with fashion weeks like the PCJ Delhi Couture Week, Amby Valley Indian Bridal Week, and Tarun Tahiliani’s Couture Exposition taking place in quick succession between June and July. Indeed these mega fashion events showcase more of bridal wear. There has always been a confusion in the industry as to what is the difference between bridal and couture. Couture in India is all about catering to the weddingwear market since that is where designers try to get their highest returns on investment, where the garments have to be heavily embellished and priced. However, gradually, the difference between couture and bridal is becoming more evident with designers trying to portray their designs separately. However, one cannot expect a French concept to work in the Indian context. While in Europe, couture is primarily worn at balls, red carpet events and other special occasions, in India, such designs and garments are preferred for weddings. Only difference being seen now is that designers who focus on couture are working towards staying true to the essence of couture. There are nine designers showing at this year's Couture Week - of them Gaurav Gupta, Varun Bahl, Anamika Khanna and Anju Modi all showed collections last year that were faithful to the spirit of couture. So though very different from the western understanding of the word, couture in India is developing its own identity without heavily depending on opulence and embroidery. Indeed couture design in India may have a bridal feel as today’s modern brides no longer just want the wear heavy traditional bridal attire. Indian designers are surely giving a distinct ethnic flavour to haute couture while adapting western sensibiltities into their creations. Source: Fashion United

Read More........→August 06, 2013

Intuition alone can help you take right decisions: study

Here is why you can trust your gut feeling to make the right decision! According to a new study, participants made the right call up to 90 per cent of the time when forced to choose between two options based on instinct alone. In a behavioural experiment, Professor Marius Usher of Tel Aviv University's School of Psychological Sciences and his fellow researchers found that intuition is a surprisingly powerful and accurate tool. "Even at the intuitive level, an important part of the decision-making process is the integration of value that is, taking into account the positive and negative factors of each option to come up with an overall picture," Usher said. "The study demonstrates that humans have a remarkable ability to integrate value when they do so intuitively, pointing to the possibility that the brain has a system that specialises in averaging value," Usher said in a statement. This could be the operational system on which common decision-making processes are built. Researchers designed an experiment to put participants through a carefully controlled decision-making process. On a computer screen, participants were shown sequences of pairs of numbers in quick succession. All numbers that appeared on the right of the screen and all on the left were considered a group; each group represented returns on the stock market. Participants were asked to choose which of the two groups of numbers had the highest average. Because the numbers changed so quickly - two to four pairs were shown every second - the participants were unable to memorise the numbers or do proper mathematical calculations. To determine the highest average of either group, they had to rely on "intuitive arithmetic". The participants were able to calculate the different values accurately at exceptional speed, the researchers found. They were also able to process large amounts of data – in fact, their accuracy increased in relation to the amount of data they were presented. When shown six pairs of numbers, for example, the participants chose accurately 65 per cent of the time. But when they were shown 24 pairs, the accuracy rate grew to about 90 per cent. "Intuitively, the human brain has the capacity to take in many pieces of information and decide on an overall value," Usher said. He said that gut reactions can be trusted to make a quality decision. The study was published in the journal PNAS. Source: Indian Express

Read More........→May 22, 2013

Women do help each other advance in workplace

In a new study, researchers have quashed the pervasive theory that high-level career women feel threatened by successful female co-workers. Backed by years of research, the idea of Queen Bee syndrome, which suggests woman in a position of authority will treat subordinates more critically if they are female, has long held prominence in society. However, a new study by Catalyst found that women are actually more likely than other men to help female co-workers advance their careers. The survey reported that most women are not, in fact, undermining other women to get ahead, instead they seem to be viewing less experienced females as potential talent, and are developing that talent through informal or formal mentorship. According to the survey, 65 percent of women who received career development support themselves are now helping to “pay it forward” by mentoring promising employees, compared to 56 percent of men. It seems that of the mentoring women, 73 percent are helping fellow females, as opposed to only 30 percent of men. “This report dispels the misconception that women’s career advancement lags behind men’s because they don’t pay it forward to other women,” the Daily Mail quoted Ilene H. Lang, President and CEO of Catalyst, as saying. “It shows that women are in fact actively helping each other succeed. The notion that women executives are Queen Bees who are unwilling to support other women needs to be put to rest,” Hang said. Catalyst’s researchers followed the career development of 742 male and female “high potential” MBA graduates, who worked across a number of different fields from 2008 to 2010. The researchers questioned these graduates about the career help that they had received over the years, including both informal mentor-ship and more formal “sponsorship”, where young workers have a high-powered colleague actively fighting for their career advancement. That most high-level career women do not actually feel threatened by successful female co-workers, failing to promote more of them to the top, is promising news to many. Source: Indian Express

Read More........→April 03, 2013

Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week - Autumn Winter 2013

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Delhi might be dumping in their warmers and welcoming sunny summers, but the fashion world works the other way round! 

Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week is going to celebrate Autumn Winter 2013 from March 13th - 17th at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. 128 designers from different parts of India will be showcasing their AW'13 collection through runways and exhibitions. Announcing the list of designers, Mr. Atul Chand, Divisional Chief Executive, ITC’s Lifestyle Retailing Business and Mr. Sunil Sethi, President, FDCI said, “Designers have the power to influence global fashion with their unique designs. These myriad style gurus are ready to showcase their creations both on the runway and exhibition area. The interesting mix of innovation, creativity and tradition will usher in the best at the WIFW Autumn-Winter showing, this season. I wish them  the very best for the upcoming show.” 

Masaba Gupta will be opening the Fashion Week by showcasing her debut collection for Satya Paul

“I am truly honored to open fashion week in my new home city. It’s a coveted spot, and I am committed to creating a collection that does this slot, as well as the house of Satya Paul, proud. I am excited, and deeply thankful to Mr. Sunil Sethi, the board at FDCI, and to Satya Paul, for this opportunity,” says Masaba Gupta, Fashion Director, Satya Paul. Fiama Di Wills Presents Rahul Mishra and Payal Pratap at WIFW Autumn-Winter’13

Fiama Di Wills brings out its passion and concept of continuous innovation and creativity, this season, with designers Rahul Mishra and Payal Pratap Singh, at the Autumn-Winter 2013 edition of the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW).

Mr Nilanjan Mukherjee, Head of Marketing, personal care products’ business, ITC Limited said,“Fiama Di Wills is proud to celebrate the intrinsic bond of beauty and fashion at India’s premium fashion platform, the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week. To inspire and stimulate with the brand core of innovation and promise of eternal beauty, this season, we are extremely glad to present designers Rahul Mishra and Payal Pratap Singh.” Stay tuned for more updates!! Or log on to FDCI! Source: Kalapalette

Read More........→March 08, 2013

Amazing Portrait Create with Coffee Cup Stains

What can you be inspired to create over a morning cup of coffee? Malaysian Innovative designer, artist and architect Hong Yi, aka Red, a graduate from the University of Melbourne, Australia took on the challengeof constructing a remarkable portrait using coffee as her medium of choice. How was it creating such a unique piece? Taking around about 12 hours to complete the project Red deliberately applied coffee rings 

to canvas, creating a portrait of Taiwanese musician Jay Chou. Take a Look. Source: icePice

Read More........→December 23, 2012

Bolshoi stars photographed by Vincent Perez

The Bolshoi Theater ballet dancers – Nikolai Tsiskaridze, Yekaterina Shipulina, Maria Alexandrova and Svetlana Zakharova – through the lens of a French cinema star. Vincent Perez, an actor and film director, presents in Moscow his new photography project entitled “The Bolshoi”. 

By: Armen Apresyan, Ballet stars in Vincent Perez’s “Bolshoi” photo project (PHOTO), Every appearance of the actor Vincent Perez on cinema screen causes women's hearts to stop beating. He has created a whole gallery of romantic characters, from the brave soldier Christian de Neuvillette in “Cyrano de Bergerac” and the handsome officer Jean-Baptiste in “Indochina”, to the legendary Fanfan la Tulipe in the 2003 film with the same name. He has been lucky enough to star with the most beautiful ladies of French cinema: Emmanuelle Béart, Catherine Deneuve, Sophie Marceau and Isabelle Adjani. The 1995 film “Beyond the Clouds”, directed by Michelangelo Antonioni together with Wim Wenders, brought Perez to global fame. Perez has also participated in a 1996 Russian film in which he played the lead role in Pavel Lungin’s mafia film called “Lifeline”. Until recently, few people knew that Vincent Perez has been greatly interested in photography from since early childhood. For a while that passion was pushed to the back burner, but a few years ago it was rekindled. And finally now he was able to seize this opportunity to display his work to the public. Perez presented his new conceptual photography project entitle “The Bolshoi” at the Moscow Ru Arts Gallery. The photographs made by Perez show the stars of the Bolshoi Theater. Nikolai Tsiskaridze, Yekaterina Shipulina, Maria Alexandrova and Svetlana Zakharova are depicted in his photos. About 50 pictures are exhibited. The author clearly avoids working with the color: the majority of the exhibited works are black-and-white. According to Vincent Perez himself, the ballet dancers to him are perfect creatures, who connect ordinary people to the world of the divine. That is why he wants to understand, with the help of a camera, how it happens: to catch the moment when this miracle happens. While looking at the pictures exhibited at the show one finds oneself thinking that ballet is a dance, movement, and expression. But in the photographs by Vincent Perez, the performers turn into something like sculptures. The author himself says that while working on “The Bolshoi” project he tried to focus on three themes. The first of which were the reflections on masculinity and femininity: in some pictures some famous dancers are portrayed in somewhat unusual images, for example, capturing Nikolai Tsiskaridze wearing a tou-tou. The second theme is an attempt to catch the ideal leap. And the third theme is “The Swan Lake” behind the curtains. Vincent Perez portrays in his photos ballet life in its entirety: from the preparation of the dancer to the moment just before he enters the stage. Vincent Perez has great plans that extend beyond solely Moscow exhibitions. He also has plans to show his photography project “The Bolshoi” in other Russian cities. Source: Voice of Russia

Read More........→December 16, 2012

A Design by Vermont, c. 1913

Dress Designs, Melanie Vermont, 1913, The Victoria & Albert Museum

Melanie Vermont created these pencil sketches in 1913 as designs for two evening gowns. They’re an excellent window into the mindset of a designer of the 1910s, a time when flowing material and drapery were quite en vogue. To this end, lighter and softer textiles were being employed. These free-flowing designs allowed a woman to be less-corseted and restricted.Source: Stalking the Belle Époque

Read More........→November 16, 2012

Now, guilt-free 'chocolatey' chocolate with just half the calories

Researchers have discovered an innovative way for chocoholics to enjoy their favourite treat without piling on the extra kilograms. In the quest for healthier chocolate, Dr Stefan Bon and his colleagues from Warwick University replaced half of the fat in chocolate bars with microscopic droplets of fruit juice. The new chocolate retains many of the popular qualities of chocolate but without all the calories. Bon said he first came up with the concept for the chocolate project about five years ago. In the past year he and his team concentrated on what they could do with chocolate formulations, before discovering that by infusing orange juice and cranberry juice into milk, dark, and white chocolate, they could eliminate 50 percent of the cocoa butter and milk fats that traditionally go into the product. The discovery “provides a great opportunity to develop exciting new chocolate-based confectionary products,” Bon said. “Everyone loves chocolate - but unfortunately we all know that many chocolate bars are high in fat,” Stuff.co.nz quoted Bon as saying. According to him, the healthier version still has the melt-in-the-mouth quality chocolate fans love. “It’s the fat that gives chocolate all the indulgent sensations that people crave - the silky smooth texture and the way it melts in the mouth but still has a ‘snap’ to it when you break it with your hand,” he said. “We’ve found a way to maintain all of those things that make chocolate ‘chocolatey’ but with fruit juice instead of fat,” Bon added. The study has been published in the Journal of Materials Chemistry. Source: Indian Express

Read More........→November 08, 2012

Radiolarians

A more fanciful image inspired by radiolarians is Queen Radiolaria by Morgainelefee on deviantart.

Ernst Haeckel, Kunstformen der Natur (1904), plate 31: Cyrtoidea

Radiolarians (or radiolaria) occur as zooplankton throughout the oceans and their tiny skeletal remains can be used as diagnostic fossils to date submarine sediments. Biologist, naturalist, and scientific illustrator par excellence Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (February 16, 1834 – August 9, 1919), and his beautiful and well-known Artforms in Nature can be credited for the fact that people who are not say, marine microbiologists or geostratigraphers or their colleagues, know and are inspired by the extraordinary forms of radiolarians. I am, of course, a fan of Haeckel, and he inspired my own prints (see right) of these amoeboid protozoa and their intricate mineral skeletons. I am far from alone in being inspired by radiolarians. I've found examples of their forms making their way into art, architecture, jewellery and even textiles. But first, you can learn everything you might want to know about radiolarians, and

Haeckel's obsession with them, from this selection fromProteus a documentary about the life, work, and philosophy of Ernst Haeckel, by David LeBrun. It should be noted that Haeckel wasn't the only 19th century naturalist to be enthralled. SEED Magazinehas a photo gallery of the the collection of Howard Lynk, a hobbyist who researches the microcope slide-makers of the 1840s-1860s, with many radiolarians

Radiolarians

included, often arranged artistically, like mandalas. In this slide, Amos Topping has arranged the minuscule shells of radiolarians—a kind of protozoa—into a radial pattern reminiscent of a mandala. Looking through a microscope, a mounter would maneuver the diatoms or shells using a boar bristle or a cat’s whisker, trying to keep them all in place long enough for mounting." Artist Laura Gurton works with resin, and its unpredictable interactions with oil paint to produce her biomorphic images, including these, inspired by radiolarians. 

Radiolarians (Marine Protozoa), Zygospyris,2010. Oil, Alkyd, Acrylic, Mica, Cut Board 36" x 24"

Spyridobotrys Trinacria, 2010. Oil, Alkyd, Cut Board on Panel 18" x 24"

The wonderful and quixotic Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef ("a woolly celebration of the intersection of higher geometry and feminine handicraft, and a testimony to the disappearing wonders of the marine world") includes radiolarians! Crochet radiolarian, made from mercerized cotton by Sarah Simons.

Quiltmaker and textile artist Jenny Bowker's portfolio of masterful quilts includes "Radiolarian Drift" (cotton homespun hand dyed in Procion dyes, raw silk as a background and wool batting).

The fascinating 3D forms of these creatures of course inspire sculptural and architectural works. Jessica Rosenkrantz of nervous system uses new technologies to reinterpret natural phenomena. The forms radiolarians are evident in a lot of the jewellery she has made (and their titles often indicate the species). 

"Bamboo Cuff - sterling silver, lost wax casting from 3d-printed wax, Cell Cycle collection by Nervous System. Inspired by the microscopic glass skeletons of radiolarians." Nigel Helyer created 'Radiolarians' a public artwork for the Lake MacQuarie City Gallery, installed in February 2011.

'Radiolarians' (2010) Finished construction: corten steel, marine grade stainless steel wire cable, stainless steel.

"The Radiolaria Project is a research and design project at the University of Kassel initiated by Christian Troche and Gregor Zimmermann. It aims to rethink architectural design and manufacturing techniques by exploring the filigree and beautiful skeletons of radiolarians, tiny marine organisms, with their striking hexagonal patterns. This concept is transfered to architectural scale and materialized it in a large scale interior installation by the intensive use of parametric modelling, scripting and CNC-fabrication techniques."

Images of the mesh and design from The Radiolaria Project. Be sure to check out the extensive website for the images and explanations of the evolution of the project (and the work of its participants).

Architect and designerTomasz Starczewski and his studio produced DIATOM by analysing the siliceous skeletons of radiolarians, and extracting, the "logic of their structure and its application to creations of a new form." He created 3D computer models of a group of radiolarians (Lamprocyclas margatensis), modified the models and then used this to create objects with a 3D printer.

DIATOM by Tomasz Starczewski

Taking the 3D printed radiolarian to an extreme scale, Andrea Morgante of Shiro Studio in collaboration with D-Shape produced the Radiolaria pavilion. The 3 m by 3 m by 3 m structure, printed on the world's largest 3D printer is in fact a mere scale model a final 8-metre tall pavilion being built in Pontedera, Italy (more info at 

de zeen magazine and images via Shiro Studio). Shiro Studio compares the construction of this model, with its deposition of mineral and siliceous material, in a series of very thin layers to the formation of radiolarian mineral and siliceous skeletons. tagged Ernst Haeckel here.RSource: Magpie & Whiskeyjack

Read More........→November 04, 2012