What a splendid idea! A record made of ice.

Pop-up books taken to another level

The Pop-Up Artist from Manny Crisostomo on Vimeo.

Auburn's David A. Carter is one of the world's best-known paper engineers, as the creators of pop-ups are known. Carter takes pop-ups into the realm of fine art. Blue Line Gallery in Roseville opens a show Saturday, Sept. 19th, that focuses entirely on Carter's Red Dot book series.

Didn't plan to do a chroma key/green screen effect - so it is a little rough on post.

Snowflake photographs by Kenneth Libbrecht (1958- ) and Wilson Bentley (1865-1931)

Official Snowflake Bentley Website.
Snow Crystal Photographs by Kenneth Libbrecht.

I swear, I saw them moving! ;-)

Impressive work by Ron Muek.



Muek's sculptures slideshow.

Mind blowing words! RADIOLAB Season 8, Episode 2

Words - Radiolab

Ink & Paper, by Ben Proudfoot

ink&paper from Ben Proudfoot on Vimeo.

Directed by Ben Proudfoot
ben@benproudfoot.com

Original Music by Kyle Malkin
Sound Design & Mix by David Bolen

Show your support:

Aardvark Letterpress
2500 West 7th Street
Los Angeles, CA
(213) 388-2271
www.aardvarkletterpress.com/

McManus & Morgan Paper
2506 West 7th Street
Los Angeles, CA
(213) 387-4433
www.mcmanusmorgan.com

© 2011 Breakwater Studios Ltd.

www.dinnerwithfred.com
Kyle Malkin: www.kylemalkin.com
David Bolen: http://www.youtube.com/everythingfilm

Cliff Jumper, by Moto Waganari

For more of his work: Moto Waganari's official website.

"Don't be lame. Live an interesting life."

Jujitsuing Reality from Chad Mann on Vimeo.

Winner Best Documentary, 2012 LA Shorts Fest
Official Selection, 2013 Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Official Selection, 2013 Newport Beach Film Festival
Official Selection, 2013 Maryland Film Festival
Official Selection, 2013 Irvine International Film Festival

Despite living with ALS, screenwriter Scott Lew maintains his voice in the world through his scripts, giving added meaning to the expression "living to write.”

Director: Chetin Chabuk
Producer: Diane Becker
Editor: Chetin Chabuk
Director of Photography: Chad Mann
Music: http://littlegettysburgmusic.com/

©2012 Sobini Films

Nine variations on a dance theme, by Hilary Harris

Performed by Bettie de Jong.

Sonic water, by Sven Meyer and Kim Porksen

SONIC WATER from elfenmaschine on Vimeo.

SONIC WATER
laboratory for water sound images
Sven Meyer & Kim Pörksen

Sonic Water / cymatics laboratory / vernissage documentation / CREATE YOUR OWN WORLD
Olympus OMD Photography Playground 25. April - 24 Mai 2013 / Opernwerkstätten Berlin

www.sonicwater.org

MUSIC by Kymat - Wet Sound Enlightenment / http://www.kymat.de
studies of visible sound and vibrations - drop@sonicwater.org
www.greatpieceofcake.com & www.elfenmaschine.de

https://omd.olympus.de/site/rooms#sven_meyer_kim_poerksen

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Sonic Water is a cymatics installation.
Cymatics is the process of visualizing sound and vibrations through matter, such as for example sand or water.

In the beginning there was sound.
The reason cymatics exerts such a strong fascination is that we are not conditioned to "see sound". Cymatics is like a magic tool that unveils the true substance of things audible, but conventionally invisible.
With it one can recreate the archetypes of different forms of nature.
So sound does have form and cymatics enables you to comprehend that it not only affects but causes form in matter.
In fact, we think sound had a fundamental influence on the formation of the universe itself. But that is another story.
Primarily, we are fascinated by the simplicity of this subject.
All it takes is sound and a very basic medium such as water to create... well, what could be (and in our view is) the coolest sound visualizer.

How does it work?
Our installation at the Photography Playground in Berlin consists of two different areas.
A self-running installation and a DIY water-sound-image laboratory where people can experiment with their own cymatics.
The setup in both areas is almost identical. The only difference is, that you can use your own camera and create your own soundscapes in the DIY laboratory.
The installation is very simple: A sound signal is used to vibrate a speaker. On top of the speaker membrane we have applied a plate and on the plate we have then glued an ordinary bottle cap. The bottle cap (or the whole plate) is filled with water. The water works as a flexible three-dimensional sculpture mass, that translates the sound into pictures. The vibration of the speaker creates one of a kind water-sound-images in response to the respective sound impulse - from chaotic patterns to standing mandala-like waves.
The camera films the speaker from above and basically shoots a macro mode live view of the bottle cap action which is projected onto a large screen.
When people enter the room they initially just see the big screen cymatics projections. However, once they approach the cube with the speaker they suddenly grasp the setup and have this moment of incredulity and utter bewilderment, that a setup as simple as ours can create such astounding visuals. But this part of our installation is actually just an incentive or an ice breaker.
Our actual intention is for the audience to have fun in the laboratory, where they can create and document their own cymatics.
In the DIY laboratory you clamp a Olympus OMD camera on the stand, which you get upon entering the exhibition and you can then film or take photos of the water-sound-images you create by means of sound signals from a synthesizer, by using your own voice (via a microphone) or by just playing your favorite song on your smartphone.
What does it look like if you hum your favorite tune into the microphone? What does Wagners "Twilight of the Gods" look like in cymatics?
The results are images reminiscent of the shape of flowers, the form of a starfish, the patterns of turtleshells, cell division, the golden ratio, the flower of life - all depending on the individual frequency impulse.
In the laboratory you become the creator, the big bang and part of the genesis.
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Simply amazing - 3D-printing mechanical hands

Read about it on MakerBot website.

Paper Marbling, by Seyit UYGUR

Seyit UYGUR { Ebru Artist } from Oguz Uygur on Vimeo.

Thank y'all so much for the likes, comments and the follows. I am really humbled.

My parents perform this art (Ebru in Turkish, Paper Marbling in English) and the footage was shot for a promo piece (https://vimeo.com/22325846) I was working on back then and my dad asked me to put a video together for him. This is what came out of that.

For those who is wondering how it's done I'd recommend googling "Paper Marbling" there is plenty of info out there.

The song is "Charlotte Mittnacht" by DeVotchka

For more of my work:
http://oguzuygur.com

How did feathers evolve? - Carl Zimmer, TED Ed

Over engineered nut cracker, by Rob Higgs