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‘Each of these objects is an agate cabochon, the letters appearing on them formed by the combination of natural iron fractures and a very skilled lapidary artist. The most commonly revealed pattern is a simple cross but occasionally letters are found.’
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via Coudal: “In the forest and around the house where I was living, I searched for broken spiderwebs which I repaired using red sewing thread.”
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‘PingMag is recommending to check out Tenugui – Japanese hand towels. For today, PingMag would like to introduce a variety of these stylish and modern Tenugui.’
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‘A sensor chip controlled not by wires and transistors, but by a living slime mould marks an important step towards more widespread use of biologically-driven components and devices, researchers say.’
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Between the comments from agates and the amazing hubris of repairing webs for spiders, there’s just got to be a poem lurking in the post somewhere. Your links are always amazing; thanks for them.
I thought the spiderwebs were especially fabulous.
I didn’t see it as hubris, but an arch commentary on hubris. I just added the artist’s whole series of “Uninvited collaborations with nature” to my own links list. Great stuff.