David Wilson

I saw this drawing of a hillside in Northern California by David Wilson in a glossy, nicely designed local magazine called First Person.   He takes my three favorite things (landscape, found paper and drawing) and creates these lovely portraits of the local hillsides and seashores, elegantly solving the problem of scaling such an expanse on one sheet of paper by fastening together paper record album sleeves or the pages of moleskin sketchbooks.  He does the drawings on location over a series of days, weeks and months, resulting in creases, water stains and and yellowed edges which only add to the feeling that these are well worn maps of a beloved countryside. 

art:21 blog has a great 2 part interview with him you can read here andhere

Grains of Sand

These delicate breathtaking images are individual grains of sand photographed by artist and inventor, Dr. Gary Greenberg.  Using acupuncture needles, Professor Greenberg searches through thousands of grains to find the best specimens.  He then carefully arranges and photographs them at over 250 times original size, not just once, but over and over from many angles and points of focus and where they are finally combined using software to produce the images you see here.  Each miniature particle is revealed to be fragments of shells and crystals, bits of volcanic rock and gem like minerals, coral fragments all washed and tumbled down to sea by rivers and streams.  

Dr. Gary Greenberg lives and works in Haiku, Hawaii.  He invented a high-definition three-dimensional light microscope with which he takes photos of sand grains, flowers and food,


His website contains many more images as well as links for where to purchase his books.

Fear Typology

                                                    Los Angeles based illustrator Brian Rea

 

                             found him at we love typology and originally found at FastCompany

Captured: America in Color from 1939-1943 – Plog Photo Blog

In July of 2010 the Denver Post shared these photos on their photo blog.  I think the power these photos have over me is the color.  I'm used to seeing pre '60's historical photos in black and white.   These color photos make that time more real for me and I appreciate that the Denver Post has left them up for me to go back and admire over the years.  There is a book available from the exhibit and as soon as I rustle up a hundred bucks I am going to add this treasure to my collection. 

Russell Lee and Jack Delano were the main photographers, and at the time worked for the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information  The locations of the photos range from New Mexico to Texas to Massachusetts to Maine and "are some of the only color photographs taken of the effects of the Depression on America’s rural and small town populations. The photographs and captions are the property of the Library of Congress and were included in a 2006 exhibit Bound for Glory: America in Color."

see more at  Captured: America in Color from 1939-1943

Todd Freeman

Todd Freeman, a printmaker based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, references natural history manuals and museum dioramas, hydrological and geological survey maps from previous centuries, nets, traps and snares,  taxonomy engravings and etchings, and of course, the paranormal!
more at his flickr page