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Land art by Walter Mason

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It’s undeniably fall. The leaves have turned and fallen. For me this work by Berlin based artist Walter Mason captures the essence of the season. Using the materials of nature – leaves, berries, water, grass and trees – Mason creates beautiful yet fleeting and fragile pieces. Artfully arranged leaves lie on a pond. Drops . . . → Read More: Land art by Walter Mason

A life-size human figure composed of tree bark

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As if being a sculptor isin’t challenging enough, UK-based artist Anna Gillespie works only with material that has fallen from trees: acorns, beechnut casings, leaves, bark, sycamore keys. Her latest piece entitled ”Taste the rain” is composed from the bark of a fallen tree near her home in the south west of England. The bark creation . . . → Read More: A life-size human figure composed of tree bark

“(POP) culture” takes 1500 used soda bottles filled with colored water to create a parking canopy

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Sometimes the best designs come from the simplest ideas. Take 1,500 used soda bottles, fill with different hues of colored water, and hang each from a parking canopy. Magic happens! Created by Lincoln, Nebraska based designer Garth Britzman, “(POP)culture” is a stunning installation which uses the effect of the water pooling at the bottom of . . . → Read More: “(POP) culture” takes 1500 used soda bottles filled with colored water to create a parking canopy

A dead whale in the forests of Argentina by Adrián Villar Rojas

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The image of a large sea creature stranded inland, far from the comforts of its native habitat, the ocean, has got to be one of the most heart-wrenching sights imaginable. Created by Argentinean sculptor Adrián Villar Rojas for the 2009 Biennial of the End of the World, the life-size blue whale lies stretched in . . . → Read More: A dead whale in the forests of Argentina by Adrián Villar Rojas

Snow drawing by Sonja Hinrichsen

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Check out this enormous snow drawing created by landscape artist Sonja Hinrichsen. Hinrichsen and a team of 5 volunteers tracked a series of circles into the snow at Rabbit Ears pass in Steamboat, Colorado.

What happens when the temperature rises? The San Francisco based artist said, “I’m not so into making art . . . → Read More: Snow drawing by Sonja Hinrichsen

“Clear Cut” mirrors the forests deep inside of Sweden

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This summer, artists Joakim Kaminsky and Maria Poll traveled deep into the Medelpad forest of northern Sweden to undertake their land art installation. Based upon observations about how the sun set and rose, how the mist came in, the intensity of the dark night, Kaminsky and Poll tied mirror-coated fabric around the trunks of a . . . → Read More: “Clear Cut” mirrors the forests deep inside of Sweden

“Gravity Glue” rock sculptures by Michael Grab

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I’d love to go rafting down a river and pass by one of these installations! They are part of the ongoing Gravity Glue series created by Colorado artist Michael Grab. All the rock sculptures in Grab’s work are created without glue or any other mechanism to hold them upright, ergo the name Gravity Glue.

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Meva uses recycled newspapers to create windmills in the air

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(Full view) 'San Francisco Street Shadow' in Alicante, Spain

(View from below) 'San Francisco Street Shadow' in Alicante, Spain

Ever wonder how much wasted paper a newspaper generates? Running down the rabbit hole of the Internet, I found that the average New York Times Sunday edition produces 8 million pounds (3.6 million kilograms) . . . → Read More: Meva uses recycled newspapers to create windmills in the air

‘Waste Landscape’ an installation of 65,000 discarded CDs in Paris

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Sometimes the best way to depict the magnitude of our waste is to lay it all out on the ground. French artist Elise Morin and architect Clémence Eliard did just that and more by sorting and hand-sewing together 65,000 discarded CD’s to create a 500-square meter (1640 square feet) undulating landscape.

Eerie but splendidly . . . → Read More: ‘Waste Landscape’ an installation of 65,000 discarded CDs in Paris

“One Day on Earth”: a movie shot in every country around the world on a single day

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One Day on Earth – Motion Picture Trailer from One Day On Earth on Vimeo.

One Day on Earth is a collection of video clips from every country around the world filmed on a single day: October 10, 2010. This trailer provides a glimpse into the diversity of our lives on the . . . → Read More: “One Day on Earth”: a movie shot in every country around the world on a single day