| Steel sculptures of flowers to be installed at Virginia Capital Trail (Richmond Times-Dispatch) A set of free-standing steel sculptures that depict flowers unfurling will take root at the start of the Virginia Capital Trail along Richmond’s riverfront. The three 9½- to 11-foot-tall pieces by artist David Boyajian are called “The Bud and Seed Group†and have been displayed for the past year at Longwood University in Farmville. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Philips Creates a Garden of Mechanical Flowers This one's hard to explain. Just watch the video. The last we heard from Philips's experimental Lumiblade team, they tapped rAndom International to create You Fade To Light , a magical pixel "mirror." Philips was back at the 2010 Milan Furniture Fair, this time working with Jason Bruges Studio on a Mimosa , a synthetic garden made of mechanical "flowers" that bloom when anyone draws near. Maybe ... fastcompany.com |
Flowers on the grounds This past weekend the project to place at least one flower on the estimated 25,000 graves in Carbon County began in earnest as groups of people rolled up to various cemeteries and begin the work. sunad.com |
High-Speed Video Shows How Sphagnum Moss Spreads To spread its spores, Sphagnum moss shoots them upward in a mushroom cloud shape. nytimes.com |
Old, pressed flowers give climate clues: study Flowers picked up to 150 years ago in Victorian England show that old collections of pressed plants around the world can help the study of climate change, scientists said on Wednesday. news.yahoo.com |