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Microsculpture: The Insect Portraits of Levon Biss is a groundbreaking project that presents insect specimens from the Oxford University Museum of Natural History like never before. British photographer Levon Biss’ images reveal an unexpected and often breathtaking beauty that brings to life the many intricate adaptations of an insect’s form — what entomologists call their microsculpture.

Displayed as large-scale photographic prints up to 9 feet high, the Microsculpture project reveals the hidden structure and beauty of insects. Each beautifully lit image was created from around 8,000 individual photographs taken under strobe lights, capturing the microscopic forms of insects in striking, high-resolution detail. Examine extremely fine pigmented scales, velvet-like surface textures, saw-sharp mandibles, swirling patterns and some of the most vibrant, iridescent colors seen in nature.

Microsculpture Microsculpture- The insect photography of Levon Biss. A groundbreaking photographic exhibition of Science and Art. A special exhibition from 27th May until…

The miniature sculptures of French artist, Charles Malherbe
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Malherbe's sculptures are isolated reefs on which a kind of architectural patchwork would have agglomerated, improbable refuges marked by the passage of time and the multiple changes of the communities that inhabit them. Others are like observation stations, relics of recently collapsed civilizations.
A bit as if we had asked the filmmaker Miyasaki to shoot the next episode of Mad-Max.
They are the basis of an open narrative whose bricks would be population density, collapse, resilience, the choice and routing of energy sources...
His technique is more akin to photographic work that dwells on detail, miniaturization being less a performance than a subterfuge. He uses multiple materials (stone, wood, metal, sheet metal, cardboard, plastic) for the most realistic rendering possible.
Charles Malherbe draws his inspiration from various influences: Michael Wolf and the Bechers for photography and architecture, Ian MC Que and Simon Stalenhag for illustration, and Hiroyuki Hamada for sculpture, among others.
Special dedication to Broken Fingaz, Saner, Neuzz, Mr. CHAT, Miss. Tic, Beastman & Phibs, Muretz... brilliant street artists whose borrowing of certain images allows their compositions to be anchored in contemporary history. This is a real tribute.

Born in 1969 in Le Mans, Charles Malherbe studied at the Beaux-Arts in Nantes, before emigrating in 2001 to the south of France.
He devoted himself, at first, to the creation of humorous scenes in small windows. It then evolves towards other themes from which it draws inspiration from archeology and ethnological stories. He was able to adapt different techniques and renderings in his own way (signed patina, Mayan fabrics, African hues).
From 2011, he began a creative "almost break" and no longer exhibited, paternity and restoration projects required, until 2017 when he returned to his studio for good.
If his new series "Collapse" has accents of anticipation, it is nevertheless the continuity of other series which were oriented rather towards the past.

Here’s some works by artist and Bonsai master, Dave Creek and his miniature tree houses...

Tiny Treehouses Are Meticulously Handcrafted Within Bonsai Trees of All Sizes Artist Dave Creek sadly passed away earlier this year, but he'll be remembered for his incredible bonsai tree houses.