Broken Vases Stitched by Sewing with Gold Thread

Artist Charlotte Bailey constructs her patchwork vases by sewing fragmented porcelain back together. Brighton based embroidery artist has used patterned fabric and metallic thread, and her creations put an astounding new spin on the ancient Japanese custom of kintsugi.

Therefore, the traditional Kintsugi technique, broken pottery is repaired by rejoining the pieces with golden lacquer, which highlights the damage as a celebrated aspect of the heirloom’s history. She said, I’m very much inspired with philosophy, because it seems so at odds with our modern Western “throwaway culture” that seldom values the craft inherent in an object, or the significant and valuable social and cultural role.  Throwaway is bad culture, because sometime useless things convert into excellent object. 

Embroidery is medium choice of Bailey, and she has found a way to re-envision that exceptional ethos covers the segments of each shattered vessel with cloth and then stitches them together with gold thread. Therefore, resulting vases hold their flat original shapes, but with a newly textured outer layer and a few radiance, asymmetrical embellishments that add distinctive intrigue.

The Virgin Rainbow Gem

The incredible nature always produces an array of gems look simply out of this world. Opals, specially, have a mesmeric amount of visual diversity; however, some seemingly contain small fireworks hidden within them, while others look like a prismatic universe bursting out of wood. There are constantly new discoveries of these gems that are each more stunning than the last, like the Virgin Rainbow. This stunning opal made its public debut just last year in Adelaide, Australia.  The yellow, red, blue, black sparkle through this brilliant gem and as the light moves around it, the colors continuously change and mutate.

In 2003, minder John Dunstan has discovered Virgin Rainbow in the opal fields of Coober Pedy, located in South Australia. Coober Pedy is a mining town which produces about 90 percent of the world's opals. This part of world is so harsh that the town was built almost completely underground to give miners and their families respite from the extreme temperatures and regular dust storms of the area. The “Virgin Rainbow” has certainly caused the stimulation between geologists and intrigued onlookers similar cannot seem to take their eyes or minds off of this 72 carat beauty. The largest precious & most valuable opal in the world is recognized as the “Olympic Australis Opal,” named after the Olympic Games that were taking place in Australia the year the gem was found (1956). The Olympic Australis has been estimated to be worth more than $250 million.

The virgin’s Rainbow’s magical qualities make it a highly-prized fossil. Basically, it is technically an opalized fissil, the result of land that was once a vast inland sea filled with prehistoric aquatic reptiles. Therefore, once they died, they sank to the bottom of the sea and were buried by sediment over a long period of time. The sea dried up and the land transformed into a desert, where acidity levels and weathering sandstone released silica into the ground. This magnificent gel then hardened into the pockets and impressions of the opals, bringing them to this fossilized form.

Hence, many opalized fossils lack a powerful surface sheen, but this is not the case with the Virgin Rainbow. It radiates an internal fire, beaming bizarre multicolored hues that only grow more penetrating as the lights dim. Thus, you'll never see another piece like that one, it's so distinct. That opal actually glows in the dark the darker the light, the more color comes out of it, it's unbelievable. The current value of Virgin Rainbow is more than $1 million. Virgin Rainbow is precious stone has exhibited for the first time ever at the South Australian Museum in Adelaide in last September 2015, a dazzlingly colored opal about the size of a human thumb,  weighs 72 carats and is considered as one of the finest opals ever unearthed. Source: Charimsatic Planet

The Rainbow Lattes

Las Vegas-based barista Mason Salisbury has applied the tie-dye treatment to everyone’s favorite caffeinated beverage, “The lattes”. It looks like the sky’s the limit when it comes to rainbow-colored eats. Just a few days ago, we feasted our eyes on kaleidoscopic grilled cheese, and today, there’s a dizzying drinkable version of the Technicolor trend. The amazing color entices the customer to take a coffee sip and enjoy new experience of life. Mason Salisbury first experimented with adding food coloring to the foam mere few days back, and the results was outstanding when lattes look like the stuff of Lisa Frank’s dreams have already gone viral. You can see Salisbury’s psychedelic twists on the widespread pick-me-up via his Instagram account, @ibrewcoffee. If an espresso buzz isn’t adequate to jazz you up on its own, these should do the trick.

Unique Sleek Glass-Bottomed Lighting Feature Handmade Paper Lampshade

The skillful Stephanie Hare of SHare Studios reimagines the normal table lamp with her collection of glass-bottomed lighting. The remarkable minimalist designs feature a handmade paper lampshade that’s perched on top of a glass base with a rope cord set between the shade and the glass. You’ll feel this is fairly a simple decision of cord placement has an immense impact on the rest of the lamp, because it leaves the base empty and lets you to fill it with whatever you like. Hare stunning craftsmanship look and feel of excellence from top to bottom.

However Stephanie Hare offers recommendations for how to emphasize the glass vessel, one of which is a terrarium. Thus, the wide, clear vase lends itself well to this, and the vitality of the green plants with its deep brown soil make a striking juxtaposition to Hare’s clean and modern design aesthetic. Hence, if this feels too maximalist, though, the designer also showcases the spectacular drama that comes with a single flower placed inside the clear container. Indeed this is an awesome lamp, due to its outstanding quality, unique design, overall construction including the shade, filled mine with purple garnet sand mixed, colorful crystal display. So, Hare sells lamps, in numerous shapes and sizes, through her Etsy shop. 

Aurora Borealis Mugs, when filled with hot liquid, it shows the Aurora Borealis in the sky

Well, you might not live near the aurora borealis, but now you can have experience it every time you have a cup of coffee. “ThinkGeek” has introduced a distinct heat-changing mug that discloses the magnificent sight of the Northern Lights, when it's filled with hot liquid. Hence, left unheated, it simply displays a strikingly desolate landscape at the base of its handle. It makes us light up and it excites us. The thought of that first cup of coffee can really get us moving in the morning, literally and figuratively.

Therefore, “ThinkGeek” points out that as caffeine roars through our bloodstream to “make us bounce off walls,” it shares a resemblance with the aurora borealis: the particles from solar-winds barrel done the Earth’s magnetospheres and share energy to make a hypnotic sight. However, when they collide with oxygen at lower altitudes, the photons released look green or yellow the same scene that's on the mug. The stunning Aurora Borealis Heat Change Mug is available exclusively through the “ThinkGeek” website.  

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