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- 6 things to do with your fall leaves Wed, 27 Oct 21, 2:30am‘Tis the season of colorful landscapes, on the trees and on the ground. While you may have a native hillside that flows through the cycles of the seasons without intervention, if you have a lawn with trees, the season equates...
- Groundbreaking new material for longer-lasting batteries inspired by leaf veins Wed, 12 Apr 17, 1:24amBiology may hold the clues to better batteries. An international team of scientists designed a porous material inspired by the vascular structure of leaves that could make energy transfers more efficient. Similar to the way...
- Artist recycles leaf waste into biodegradable Beleaf chair Mon, 27 Mar 17, 7:01pmŠimon Kern found an unconventional use for leaf litter: green furniture. The Slovakian artist created Beleaf, a biodegradable chair made from recycled leaves, bio-resin, and steel. Developed during his studies at the Jan...
- Beautiful zero-waste bowls are made entirely from leaves Fri, 17 Jun 16, 6:00pmNicknamed the “one-way dishes,” these leaf bowls are made with zero plastics, additives, oils, glues, or chemicals. All bowls are made in a German factory near Munich using CNC mills and pressing machines. Each biodegradable...
- Edag’s Light Cocoon is a 3D-printed car inspired by leaves Fri, 19 Dec 14, 4:00amLast spring, EDAG unveiled a 3D-printed car that was inspired by a turtle - and the German engineering firm just unveiled its latest car inspired by nature...
- Japanese Artist Baku Maeda Crafts Delicate Sculptures from Magnolia Leaves Sat, 8 Nov 14, 5:03amBaku Maeda is a freelance multidisciplinary artist from Sapporo, Japan. He mainly works as an illustrator, but his most recent work involves delicately sculpting dead tree leaves. Using the strong leaves of Magnolia obovata trees, he...
- The Best Green Designs from Designersblock at the London Design Festival Sat, 20 Sep 14, 7:00amArtist Laura Daza is intrigued by how color has been used throughout the ages, and has used both the rituals and techniques used in ancient times to create authentic pigments...
- Artist Hillary Fayle Weaves Incredible Embroidery into Leaves (Without Breaking Them!) Thu, 3 Jul 14, 4:00amHillary Fayle comes from the outskirts of NYC but is currently doing an MFA in Craft/Material Studies at the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. She works with leaves as a primary material, embellishing them to...
- Self-Healing Solar Cells Mimic Plant Leaves to Repair Themselves Fri, 16 Aug 13, 2:31amPhoto via Shutterstock Plant leaves are the ideal model for a lot of solar technology, so it only makes sense that developers of manmade solar panels would look to Mother Nature to improve the efficiency of their designs. Over...
- Susanna Bauer Delicately Adorns Natural Objects with Her Amazing Embroidery Sat, 17 Nov 12, 4:26amArtist Susanna Bauer carefully spins webs over stones, pieces of drift wood, and the edges of leaves. Detailed and delicate, her creations made from yarn and organic objects seamlessly form a union between the works of nature...
- Top 6 Incredible Artworks Made From Autumn Leaves! Wed, 17 Oct 12, 5:31amRead the rest of Top 6 Incredible Artworks Made From Autumn Leaves! Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Andy Goldsworthy, eco-art, environmental art, land art, leaf art, leaf carving, leaves, lorenzo...
- Andrew Gorovenko Uses Loose Tea to Create Exotic Landscapes Tue, 18 Sep 12, 3:08amRead the rest of Andrew Gorovenko Uses Loose Tea to Create Exotic Landscapes Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: andrew gorovenko, ceylon, great wall of china, leaves, tea, triptea, triptych
- ECO ART: Brilliant Images Carved into Leaves Sun, 31 Jan 10, 12:50amWhy settle for a postcard of the Mona Lisa, when you could have a hand-carved leaf engraved with her mysterious face? Making art with leaves isn’t a new idea, but several online purveyors have taken the medium to...