Affectionate Father Helps Son with Down syndrome to fly in Pleasing Photograph Series

When photographer Alan Lawrence's son Wil was born in October 2013, he knew that there was something dissimilar about him. Whereas looking into his eyes, the whole thing started to go into a dream state. I know, my emotions of happiness paused as the whole thing around me seemed to sluggish down. The nurse may have been talking to me, but I wasn’t listening,” and i could instantly tell from the almond shape of Wil’s eyes that he had Down syndrome.” Well, right after doctors confirmed Lawrence's suspicions, he went online to learn that whole he could about Down Syndrome, but found that there was little to no positivity. 

Therefore the optimistic father knew that, somehow, he would change this. Wil is the 5th child in the Lawrence family and the only one with Down syndrome. Whenever he would crawl around on the floor, he'd attempt to lift his legs in the air and flap his arms, making his parents think that he was trying to fly. Actually I inspired by this, the enthusiastic photographer decided to make upbeat images of Wil flying. Moreover by holding his son aloft and then later editing him out of the photograph, the gifted father came up with the photograph series recognized as Wil Can Fly. 

Thus after posting the series on his blog and on Instagram, Lawrence gained huge attention for his utmost efforts toward changing the negative stigma surrounding this disorder. Now, the family has established a Kicks-tarter project to raise funds for a Wil can fly calendar. They have also started the YouTube channel "Bringing Light" to share stories from other families who have been blessed with a child that has Down syndrome. When you looking at the photograph below as I was thinking about this photo, it actually kind of hit me that he really can fly. He really can fly. He’s still very young, but we know as family that Wil can do anything that he puts his mind to. Source: My Modernmet

Striking Winged Insects Made of Discarded Circuit Boards

Portsmouth, a talented United Kingdom-based artist Julie Alice Chappell makes stunning miniature sculptures of insects using circuit boards found inside unwanted electronics. She says; my art practice comprises breaking down the pre-existing materials, reinterpreting them and providing them a fresh form with different purpose, producing something striking, whimsical and precious. It is all started some years back, when she came across a large box of tiny electronic components at the Beneficial Foundation in Portsmouth, and then recognized as the "The Craft Bank." The center receives surplus items from numerous companies and they pass along these "hidden treasures" to schools, community groups and artists. The first thing that came into my mind when I looked at them was, “a mass of tiny bodies and legs ants!” I decide to take them home to my children and we made ants.

It was only few years later, when she found the box again, and this time, sparked a different idea. Nevertheless; Chappell was enrolled in a Fine Arts degree program and through it she grasped that she can use found objects in her artwork. As part of her degree, she got involved with environmental art.

Thus when during a workshop, she met few upcoming artists who were making life-size robots with circuit boards from computers. However they abandoned their project for some reasons, Chappell took home the circuit boards because she found them so visually attractive. Though watching a nature program on bio-diversity, she believed about the "ants" in the cupboard and she proceeded to create various bug sculptures using her newly found circuit boards. Through her series, called Computer Component Bugs, the artist despairs to raise awareness of environmental waste. The recycled bits of cultural refuse that are woven throughout my work signify a direct encounter with the overindulgences of modern living highlighting the dangers of planned obsolescence and e-waste in the environment. The work displays an aesthetic beauty whilst providing a socio-political discourse, trying to reclaim waste and the destruction of the natural world, in the beauty of visual art.

Source: My Modernmet 

Unbelievable Nurse Cat Looks after Other Animals at Animal Shelter

An innocent little black cat “Radamenes“in Bydgoszcz, Poland, has come through hell and high water to support the animals at the veterinary center there get better. After the veterinary center brought him back from death’s door, he’s returning the favor by cuddling with, massaging and every so often even cleaning other animals convalescing from their injuries and operations. “Radamenes” has gained huge local attraction, and people have begun visiting him at the center for good luck! Read on for more of his story. “Rademenes” is the name taken form the Polish TV series "Siedem życzeń" (Means Seven Wishes) - it is a beautiful cat that is an incarnation of the man from the ancient Egypt and grants series protagonist wishes.

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Magnificent Steampunk Animal Sculptures Made Of Scrap Metal

Hasan Novrozi, a talented sculptor trained in Iran, has formed a magnificent collection of steampunk animals sculptures that are full of life and emotion, in spite of being carefully assembled from thousands of metal tools, automotive components, and other pieces of scrap metal. Moreover to his impressive Pegasus statue, he has also made other creatures in a variety of styles, all of which are spectacular! Hasn Novrozi, more heavily-welded animal sculptures remind us of these magical animal sculptures by Ellen Jewett (http://www.boredpanda.com/surreal-animal-sculptures-ellen-jewett/ ), while his steampunk pegasus reminds us of these life-like steampunk animal sculptures by Igor Verniy (http://www.boredpanda.com/steampunk-animal-sculptures-igor-verniy/) . He also sculpts with clay and other media, so check out his Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/hasan.novrozi

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