Josh Saul
Recent Content
Don’t Do It!
Reefs in Art: New from Keng Lye
A tipster pointed us to a new piece by Keng Lye, who is well known for his incredible illusory bowls. Each of these pieces is created by hand over many weeks by adding very small layers of acrylic and resin to the original base. In order to create the 3-D effect in...
Reefs in Art: Animal Earth
This polychaete, a type of Christmas Tree Worm, is generally considered unsuitable for captive aquariums due to their requirements for particulate foods in the column column. Many aquarists have had success with these animals when they are supplied with a variety of...
Reefs in Art: Fish Lamps by Frank Gehry
This series of lamps and large decorative pieces were created by world renowned architect Frank Gehry, came about as a result of some dropped laminate material. When the pieces shattered on the floor, they looked like fish scales, and just like that a whole series...
Reefs in Art: Driftwood by Open Sky Wood Art
Dessicated shark carcass? Not quite. This is actually a very intricately designed piece by Tony Fredriksson from Open Sky Wood Art, made entirely out of driftwood. Tony is well known for recreating animals and elaborate installations by assembling pieces of wood...
Reefs in Art: The Deep by PES
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK18bdUEWSs This incredible video was created by animation studio PES and is now available on Youtube in HD. The movie uses metal objects like tools and hardware to create a very beautiful take on aquatic life. The pseudo steampunk...
Help Frag Junky in the Mission Main Street Grant Program!
Our friends over at at Frag Junky, who you probably know from their incredible fungia which was on display at MACNA this year, are in the running for an incredible grant from Chase Bank. Every year, many banks offer grants or incentives to help small, minority or...
Reefs in Art – Yarnbombing
It seems there is no separating reefs and yarn. From the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef to the Harlem Knitting Circle's Satellite Reef, the ability to use complex patterns to replicate the textures and patterns from the reef has been adopted by many knitting circles. ...
Reefs in Art – Imaginism Studios
This image, Sea Life, was created by Imaginism Studios in Toronto. They're a boutique graphic and animation studio focused on unusual animal art and cute creatures. In order to effectively translate from print to screen, the animals really need to have their...