Mad Quickies: Frida’s Flowers, Simple Machines, Vintage Hacks, Science Instagram Tips, Bellypaint and More!

DonnaMay 22, 2015

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Hey hey HEY, you guyz- Like a bouquet of happiness and glittery butterflies, I give you this extravaganza of Friday Quickies. Pencils down, y’all. Surf’s up!

“Frida Kahlo: Art, Garden, Life” is an installation at the New York Botanical Garden. It features both the plants she cultivated in her own garden and a small exhibition of her paintings.
Recently, the awesome Glendon Mellow aka @FlyingTrilobite posted something particularly helpful and original: 5 Instagram Tips for Science Artists. You can follow Glendon on Instagram.
Emily Williams creates delicate glass sea life sculptures that make neurosurgery look like a vocational option.
Simple Machines is another excellent app by the educational game studio TinyBop. Simple Machines illustrates the first stages of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) but it is disguised as a totally interactive game. Charming video included.
Lo-Fi DIY: Here’s how to make a microphone out of a matchbox.
Christian LeBlanc of Vancouver, an exchange student in Bangkok, can verify that indeed this “Elphie” was a selfie taken by an elephant.
Beautiful, many still informative and kind of kooky that these were from the Gallaher’s Cigarette packaging: 40 Vintage Life Hacks from 100 Years Ago.
Both established and emerging artists reinterpreted the world’s most famous painting. This collection has been curated into the anthology Mona Lisa Reimagined.
Dutch maternal and infant photographer Leonie Versantvoort created the “Bellypaint” project illustrating what happens to a woman’s body during pregnancy. Astounding!
Bonus: These creatures are off the hook. From the pretty Mushroom Jellies to the Phryganistria tamdaoensis which—for THIS scaredy cat of walking sticks—is a nightmare come true. Nature is AWESOME! CHeck out the Top 10 New Species for 2015.

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If you can watch this without crying, or at least getting slightly verklempt, you’re made of stronger stuff than I am…

A team of makeup artists will age Tavis and Kristie from their late 20s to their 90s.
{via Elizabeth H.}
An incredibly touching social experiment.
Read more here.