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which houseplant is your favourite in your apartment?

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Research: Design in Nature

Today we are featuring insect plates from Research: Design in Nature, edited by John Gilbert Wilkins, published by the Field Museum of Natural History and the School of the Art Institute Chicago in 1924. The portfolio features over 200 leaves of plates that were printed in the Field Museum pressroom. The drawings featured in the plates were created by many different artists, including some of Wilkins’ students. The plates are photogravures, and Wilkins notes that “it is possibly the best method of reproducing the soft pleasing effects of the pencil renderings.”

Research: Design in Nature includes a wide variety of plant and animal drawings, highlighting the design elements that can be found in nature. Today we are focusing on insects because they show both the horrifying and beautiful aspects of the natural world.

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–Sarah, Special Collections Graduate Assistant

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sketch & final painting

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experimenting with gold leaf

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I finished drawing the plants so now I am thinking of making a little zine out of them

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Etsy Shop

So I’m thinking about making an Etsy shop, would anyone be interesting in seeing it?

(Like this so I know who you are)

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Winter fox!  It has been so snowy recently, pretty inspiring.

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Sadly, only one person will know what this really means.

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Finally finished editing! https://youtu.be/bMd9LrsSmls

#youtuber #youtube #androgynous #aesthetic #myphotography #nofilter #androgynous #breakstereotypes #ootd #beyourself #gendernonconforming https://www.instagram.com/p/BnHV5ABhDdI/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=cw7u2vsta8us

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Art by namesjames

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Deer-kin and Forest Creatures aesthetic.

All available @ www.matalan.co.uk (British btw)

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Isabelle Lightwood 

She was like an avenging angel, her vengeance swift and deadly.

(please do not repost)

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this started as a joke but then i started actually thinking about it and now im really annoyed that IDs have this one letter that doesnt mean anything for cis people and is a huge pain in the ass for trans people when we could instead have literally lifesaving information so emergency medical services could just check ur wallet to see which blood to give you so you dont die or whatever But No

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