NASA researcher turned origami artist Robert Lang quit his scientific career almost 20 years ago to pursue his origami artistry full-time, creating classic nature-inspired designs in intricate detail.
Robert Lang’s origami designs have led to real-life folding patterns that fit satellite dishes and receiving arrays into cylindrical NASA rockets and made airbags in some car designs more compact, practical and safe. Now the California-based artist’s mind-blowing origami takes simple swans, frogs and other classic nature-inspired designs and adds intricately detailed layers.
His work combines aspects of the Western school of mathematical origami design with the Eastern emphasis upon line and form to yield models that are at once distinctive, elegant, and challenging to fold.
Robert Lang’s portfolio even includes mythical creatures including unicorns, dragons, and pegasuses.
Rosa Medea is Life & Soul Magazine’s Chief. She writes about lifestyle including sustainable and green living. She also offers content services to businesses and individuals at Rosamedea.com
Want to sleep in a bubble? If so, I’ve selected 9 places where you can do just that while surrounded by pristine countryside, enchanted forests, or the Spanish desert.
Designed to embrace the great outdoors, these cool bubble rooms are available in various locations throughout Europe and let you fall asleep while gazing at the starry sky.
Hotel Aire de Bardenas, Spain
Nestled in the Bardenas Reales Natural Park, the design-forward Aire de Bardenas hotel offers visitors the opportunity to sleep under the moonlight in beautifully decorated bubble rooms with endless views of the stunning desert landscape. The chic spherical structures are connected by bubble tunnels and come appointed with bathroom, electricity, Wi-Fi, and a minibar.
Forest Domes, Northern Ireland
Escape the outside world with a stay at Finn Lough, a gorgeous lakeside resort offering deluxe bubble accommodation in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Each elegant Forest Dome is stylishly decorated with a bespoke four-poster bed, as well as classy period armchairs and a telescope for stargazing in style. All units come with ensuite bathrooms, Nespresso coffee machines, and 180° transparent walls, immersing guests in the wild surroundings.
The 5 Million Star Hotel, Iceland
There’s no better way to experience the Northern Lights in Iceland than by staying at Buubble, aka The 5 Million Star Hotel. Tucked away in the middle of a secret forest, about 1.5 – 2 hours from Reykjavik, the establishment offers adventurers a variety of bubbles to choose from, all equipped with heating systems, power outlets, and cozy beds to gaze at the starry sky in comfort. Come summer, the Midnight Sun brings the dormant nature to life, painting everything around in vibrant shades of green.
Dome Garden, UK
For a chic back-to-nature getaway in Gloucestershire, look no further than Dome Garden, a futuristic hamlet of 11 eco-friendly dome tents set deep in the Forest of Dean. Often referred to as one of the best glamping sites in the UK, the luxury camping village combines the joys of outdoor life with the comfort and amenities of an upscale hotel. Expect cavelike Hobbity domes, flying beds, entertaining pizza nights, and lots of adventure opportunities right on your doorstep.
ATTRAP’RÊVES, France
Luxury meets outdoor living at ATTRAP’RÊVES, a unique bubble hotel tucked away in the picturesque countryside of Marseille. Here, guests are invited to sleep beneath the stars in inflatable plastic bubbles created by French designer Pierre-Stephane Dumas and furnished with king-sized beds. Each individually decorated unit is conveniently secluded and comes with a completely opaque bathroom and a telescope for stargazing.
Dihan Evasion, France
Dihan Evasion, a quirky family farm in Brittany, lets you spend the night in bubble tents suspended in the hundred-year-old oak and chestnut trees between Carnac and Quiberon, in the Morbihan department. Accessed via ladders, the transparent spheres come with large round mattresses and curtains for a private, comfortable night under the stars. Needless to say, they’re all made of plastic glass, allowing guests to fully enjoy the peaceful wooded surroundings.
Camp Kátur, England
If you are in search of a unique glamping experience in the UK, look no further than Camp Kátur. Situated within Camp Hill Manor Estate, in the rolling countryside of North Yorkshire, the campsite offers an interesting mix of accommodation options, including some unique 360-degree panoramic Unidomes hidden in the woods. This type of unit includes a double bed draped in sheepskin rugs, romantic lanterns, and a gas heater to keep you warm and cozy on cool nights. Outfitted with BBQ, fire pit, table, and chairs, the deck outside is a great spot to just sit and relax while taking in the sights and sounds around you.
Nuit Nature, France
A stay in the bulle at Nuit Nature comes with champagne tasting, complimentary breakfast, and magnificent views of Mont Blanc. Situated in the mountain village of Combloux, the bubble is beautifully fitted with designer furniture and offers a comfortable bed for a memorable night’s sleep outside in the French Alps.
Maison Bulles, France
As if vacationing in Provence isn’t special enough, how about sleeping in a bubble overnight? In the heights of Pont-Saint-Esprit, surrounded by bucolic countryside panoramas, nestles Maison Bulles, a one-of-a-kind lodge where rooms come in the form of transparent, individually themed bubbles. The most special of them is Mercure, which has fiery red decor details and its own private Jacuzzi. Otherwise, all dome-like structures come equipped with comfortable bedding for two and heating mattresses for cooler evenings.
Happy Easter! The Goddess Ostara, or Eostre, a Germanic Goddess is the Anglo-Saxon Goddess of Spring, the East, Resurrection, and Rebirth, is also the Maiden aspect of the Three-fold Goddess. She gave her name to the Christian festival of Easter, whose timing is still dictated by the Moon. Bunnies are a symbol of Eostre, a great northern goddess whose symbol was a rabbit or hare! The season of Oestre is upon the inner child; upon joy, creativity and artistic expression. This is a time to begin new projects, new relationships and explore new territory. This is a time of balance of masculine and feminine within.
It’s 2020, which means it’s time to get rid of the old and get down with the new! From floral wallpaper to colored cabinets, from vintage accents to earthy decor, here are the home decor trends you need to follow for 2020. 1. Non-White Kitchens There is something to be said about having an all-white… via…
Savage Beauty, an online art experience created by Finnish light artist Kari Kola, has transformed Ireland’s Connemara mountains in a spectacular display of colour and light.
Kari Kola’s installation of 1,000 lights transforms a 5 kilometre-stretch of the mountain range in County Galway in a wash of vibrant pulsating colours, in what has been heralded by exhibition organisers, Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture, as “the largest site-specific light artwork ever created”.
The display was initially planned as a live exhibition for people to experience the light and colour show in the Connemara setting itself to coincide with St Patrick’s Day celebrations between 14-17 Match, however the live events were cancelled following government guidance on public gatherings due to Covid-19 virus.
Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture has now made the Savage Beauty artwork available as a special digital edition via their website.
Connemara National Park situated in the scenic west coast of Ireland spans for nearly 3,000 hectares. The park offers some majestic views which includes picturesque mountains, expanses of bog lands, heaths, grasslands and woodlands. Some of these mountains form part of the famous Twelve Bens group of small mountains that are the dominant feature of the Connemara countryside.
The light show, entitled Savage Beauty, takes its name from the Irish playwright and poet, Oscar Wilde, who described Connemara as a “savage beauty”.
Artist Kari Kola, who has directed over 2,000 projects in dramatic settings including Stonehenge in 2018, said: “Since I can’t paint, I paint with light. I’m also interested in light beyond its artistic value. Everything on the planet is based on light. I’m working with scientific projects and new, futuristic techniques. With abstract light, there are as many stories as there are viewers. If I can choose, I always work with nature because that’s the best art that we have.
“I am very disappointed that the public exhibition of this work had to be cancelled, but I hope that this digital edition will show how we played with scale in Connemara and created something that people would not expect.”
Rosa Medea is Life & Soul Magazine’s Chief. She writes about lifestyle including sustainable and green living. She also offers content services to businesses and individuals at Rosamedea.com
Inspired by the location of the gallery, near to the Greenwich Meridian marking time, “Slices of Time” expresses the past, the now and the future through 168,000 small numbers composing 120 “slices” of time, hanged in the space, as a round representation of the earth floating. Composed of 100 layers of numbers in 100 shades of colors and 20 layers of numbers in white, the installation visualizes the next 100 years to come (2020 to 2119) and the past 20 years (2000 to 2019) represented in white.
NOW Gallery official text Emmanuelle Moureaux has been seducing audiences with her colourful installations from Paris to Tokyo. The complexity and delightful aesthetic fills space with cut out coloured paper to create a world where the essence of every carefully considered colour can be appreciated. NOW Gallery, as part of its on-going Design Commission, selected Moureaux to present a large-scale installation in the UK for the first time. Inspired by the gallery’s location on the Greenwich Peninsula, near to the Meridian, marking time and composed of layers of numbers in 100 shades of colours and white, the installation expresses the flow of time. Each layer of numbers reflects the now, the past and the future, the exhibition will be a round representation of the earth floating in the gallery space. A moment, a slice of time. Creating dates to be acknowledged and a moment to think about ourselves in contemplation with the now.
Jemima Burrill, Curator at NOW Gallery, said: “The measured detail, and calm considered order of Moureaux’s work seemed the perfect respite from the political bedlam we are experiencing. This exhibition will include everyone, giving them the opportunity to have a moment to enjoy colour and form in all its simplicity and complexity. Both elements will work together to surprise and saturate, providing a moment to think about a date of significance within colourful order. A contemplative moment for all.”
If you’re looking for something to do, or feel like your life needs a slight change, then rearranging or giving your bedroom a little facelift is always definitely what you should do. But, you don’t want to spend tons of money or even take tones of time. I mean, you want to enjoy your updated… via…
Suiseki, which literally translates as ‘water stone’, is an ancient Japanese art of admiring stones. An ode to time, patience and simplicity, suiseki involves showcasing the most remarkable stones found in nature and upon which water, erosion, wind and time have acted to sculpt abstract or, depending on the imagination more meaningful shapes, such as a mountain or animal. The beauty of a suiseki therefore lies in its ability to suggest an aspect of nature.
Originating from China, where it is known as gongshi, and Korea, where it is termed Suseok, the art of suiseki was introduced to Japan by the Chinese Imperial Court during the Asuka period (538 or 552-710 AD), and was only discovered in the western world during the first bonsai exhibitions, where the stones were also presented. Like the rigorous codes of bonsai, suiseki also has its own rules, linked to the quality of colours and the powers of suggestion and balance. Stones in multiple colours are the most appreciated, but placing them in light or shadow also allows a more precise aspect to be showcased, while also reflecting their harmonious balance and translating their original beauty. Enhanced naturally, the stone is simply placed on a wooden stand or, like in times past, presented in a bowl filled with a layer or water or sand. A wooden stand, or dai/daiza, is the most frequently used option, and is generally made from a type of refined wood such as rosewood, in order to support the stone and, more importantly, showcase it.
For real suiseki aficionados, the most difficult thing is to find the stone that provides complete satisfaction from the moment of its discovery. Once the rare pearl is unearthed, the whole stone becomes conducive to contemplation of and reflection on the place of humans in their environment. As Matsuura Arishige, global ambassador of the art of suiseki, explains so well, ‘a good suiseki has the power to represent to humans, in just a few centimetres, the whole of Earth and the cosmos’.
Change is happening all around us – the coronavirus pandemic and climate change being two most prominent examples of that right now. Lockdowns worldwide are thrusting changes upon everyone’s lifestyle, which in all honesty is a force for positive change in everyone’s lives. Navigating our lives during these “crises” or changes can be managed by […]
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Miracle: how you choose to look? If you see and believe in miracle is sure is miracle. If you see problems then sure will be problems. If you see fear then sure there will be fear. Think of all of your emotions as people. Would you allow the person name problem to enter your home? Would you allow the person named fear to come inside your home? I am hoping not. So why would you let any of these beings/ people/ energy live inside of you? Who do you want to allow in your home/ your sacred body is always your choice. There is always order/ miracle amidst of chaos. It’s how you choose to look at it, how you choose to believe it. This is the unknown right here today that we have come face to face. That you have to trust. Matter of fact you have no choice but to trust now isn’t it? Which is a Miracle in itself. Don’t you think? Nothing could get you to this place but self quarantine? Unknown will take care of you if you are choosing to do the right thing. Walking your truth. You have to believe in it first then you will see the miracle not the other way around. So many of you fear unknown? It’s funny isn’t it now that you have no where to go but have faith and trust in the unknown. No where to go but deal with your own self? Your own way of being while you are under quarantine? I am sure the thoughts inside of you don’t let you rest, relax be at peace isn’t it? Constant chatter? Moving? Don’t know what to do with yourself and how to be yourself? Hmm. Yes this is where self work, meditation comes in. Discipline comes in, spiritual studies come in. Working on yourself, meditation all these are tools given to us to show us how to live. But we chose to become so busy with stuff and life and being self centered and pointing fingers at others, that I am right and you are wrong and about money and racism that looking inside and taking responsibility of our own stuff was never a priority? That we took no time to stop, listen, breathe?🙈Now that you are quarantined who is truly going to help you here? There is no one outside of you to help you trust? Help you relax? Help you rest? Is there? It all comes from within and when you are so disconnected within you there is nothing that can help you but you. This virus does not see where you from? What your color, race, religion is? Miracle isn’t it? How Goddess Mother Nature knows how to stop the madness that was happening? Miracle a state and a way of living and being. It’s never too late to go within and learn to be one with yourself.
