Avatar #1 (2006).
Prints of digital renderings by Thomas Briggs.
Veils #73 (2006).
Category: {science}
Science
Happy birthday, Mr Hofmann
Albert Hofmann by Alex Grey.
Albert Hofmann, discoverer of LSD, 102 years old today. Last month Scientific American reported that hallucinogenic drugs are once again being considered as a way to treat psychiatric disorders.
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• The art of LSD
• The trip goes on
• Albert Hofmann
• Hep cats
Kirsten Hassenfeld’s paper sculptures
Dans la Lune (2007).
Dans la Lune (2007).
“Il est dans la lune” can be translated as “He’s got his head in the clouds,” or “He’s on another planet.” Dans la Lune is a perfect title because in my work I try to create an imaginary place that relates to our longings for a better, grander existence.
Gorgeous paper sculptures inspired by Fabergé eggs and that favourite fetish object of mine, Ernst Haeckel’s Art Forms in Nature. These are from a show at the Rice University Art Gallery, Texas. The Bellwether Gallery has an overview of Hassenfeld’s work back to 2001. Via Kimberly Brooks.
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• Darwin Day
• The glass menagerie
Lucien Gaillard
Two dragonflies (1904).
Art Nouveau insect jewellery by Lucien Gaillard (1861–1933).
Perfume bottle (?) (c. 1923).
Moth pendant (1900).
And while we’re on the subject, a display of precious stones and metals has opened at London’s Natural History Museum in a new gallery they’re calling The Vault.
Previously on { feuilleton }
• Wesley Fleming’s glass insects
• The art of Sergei Aparin
• Insect Lab
• The glass menagerie
• The Museum of Fantastic Specimens
The art of Ron Pippin
left: Museum Box #1; right: Arch Angel (no dates).
Raccoon Kit With Lenses (no date).
• Kimberley Brooks interview
• Ron Pippin at Obsolete
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• Custom creatures
• Polly Morgan, fine art taxidermist
• The sculpture of Christopher Conte
• Pierre Matter’s cyborg sculpture
• Cryptozoology
• Insect Lab
• The art of Jessica Joslin
• The Museum of Fantastic Specimens