We’ve got a medley of human-created whimsy and beauty, with some outstanding videos at the end, sure to make you smile. Don’t miss them.
Berlin-based designer Nora Luther and photographer Pavel Becker have combined their creative spirit for a series of food art photos, which highlight the raw ingredients that make up each dish. The images illustrate food recipes with a series of high-speed photographs capturing all the ingredients hanging in mid-air. Each picture is a work of arrangement, precision and maybe even some luck. If you’re curious about how each dish would look in its finished form, Luther suggests that “the look of the ready cooked dish is left to one’s own imagination.”
Danish artist Peter Callesen creates three dimensional sculptures by folding and cutting a single sheet of paper and using only the removed paper to create figures or buildings. These sheets can be as small as A4 size or as big as 7m by 5m.

Russian artist Sergei Bobkov uses wood from a Siberian tree, a type of red cedar, and soaks the chips in water for several days.
Diatoms are microscopic, single-cell algae that are considered amongst the smallest organisms on Earth. Being so tiny, it’s a wonder that artist Klaus Kemp has managed to manipulate the minuscule organisms and place them into beautiful, geometric arrangements that can only be viewed with a microscope.
The art of diatom arranging dates back to the Victorian era. Kemp spent 8 years researching glue to find the best adhesives for his art. He also spends much of his time searching for new diatom specimens. There 100,000 recorded species currently in existence.
Once collected, the artist goes through the mind-boggling process of cleaning, organizing, and finally arranging the uniquely-shaped microscopic organisms. To see a video of Kemp producing these amazing designs, go here.

Infrared photography by Kort Kramer
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The fifteen individual pendulums in this video from Harvard Natural Sciences Lecture Demonstrations have been carefully calibrated by length to produce visual traveling waves, standing waves, beating, and random motion–producing a trippy effect. If you want the scientific explanation of how it works, follow the link above. Otherwise, just marvel and enjoy.
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For more medleys of human ingenuity, go here.
Thanks to: Tim L., Kathleen, Merry, Mike B, Debra, Jen H. and Jen C.
Also to: Sunnyskyz, Good New Network, Distractify, Visual Funhouse.
This is the best I have seen. Love the beautiful pictures
I ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH, AND DANCED IN MY COMPUTER CHAIR!!!!
I loved it! and will fwd it to friends!
Thank you,
Marrion
totally wonderful and appreciated!!
Love, love, LOVE your site! Thank you!
Bravo!
WOW! keep up these amazing photo’s. Don’t know how you manage to send out all this stuff and still be a councillor.
thanks – John
Kathy,
I’m so glad you and I appreciate the same things and thanks for commenting.
Amazing! Such a beauty and such imagination! Makes your heart go out to these talented and innovative people who see the beauty in our world! Thanks for sharing.
How very ingenious! Enjoyed them thoroughly…..Warmly, francis. Bangalore.
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Such a wonder filled way to start the day! My friends will certainly agree.
Thank you all.
Again Remarkable! thanks for the wonder site!
Ah, Dusky, you did it again and entertained us so royally, giving us belly laughs and feelings of awe. We appreciate your dedication and ingenuity. Be well, dear.
Dusky, I so look forward to my Dusky emails. Thank you for your dedication to this beautiful world.
What a great medley.
As always thank you.
Really great! I enjoyed these very much.
“I wish I knew where this was” is a hotel room under the sea. Here is a link
http://www.poseidonresorts.com/
in Fiji
Portia,
Thanks for the info. Unfortunately, the hotel is not open yet and will cost a lot more than most of us can afford. But one can dream and I much appreciate getting an answer to my wishes. 🙂
And thank you for this wonderful site, Dusky. It is inspiring!
I am never surprised at what I see on the internet. I just5 love it.
The artist put together beautiful art with God’s amazing creations!
Awesome!
How creative and godly the human mind can be!
Bless these geniuses!
Tom
Thank you for sharing my photos Dusky!
Kort,
Thank you for creating and sharing your wonderful images.