Selina Nkoile is a Masai Woman who has built a beautiful off-grid homestead together with her husband Brian near the Masai Mara in Kenya. A passionate Masai girls’ education campaigner and gender rights activist, Selina has created a unique 2.5 acres off-grid homestead where nomadic culture meets regenerative agriculture. Continue reading “Woman Builds Beautiful Off-Grid Homestead in the Bush” »
The adaptation of a traditional Inuit tale into an animated short film entitled Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman’s Apprentice has been selected for the final round of the Oscar race, according to Eye on the Arctic.
Along with 14 other nominees, 5 of which are Canadian, the animated feature directed by Zacharias Kunuk is in the running for the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film. Continue reading “Inuit Short Film Makes the Oscars Short List” »
Textile artists who specialize in creating miniature life-like sculptures deserve all the attention. They are working with a very volatile medium and create stunning tiny works of art which require a lot of skill and care. Continue reading “Felted Bread Sculptures Look Like Little Loaves Come To Life” »
Origami art is very popular with every age range, but the artistry behind it goes much deeper. For instance, Juho Könkkölä is a Finnish artist who chose origami as a medium to express his vision and creates fragile paper sculptures from a single sheet of paper.
He first became viral on social media with his creation representing paper knights and now he created another amazing work: an origami samurai. It seems almost impossible to pull off such an elaborate piece without using glue and several pieces of paper, but Könkkölä seems to be a true master of origami art. Continue reading “Artist Spends 3 Months Making An Origami Samurai From a Single Sheet of Paper” »
These racks are built by our 16 year old son and all profits go towards his college fund. All purchases are greatly appreciated! This is available in the link below…
All Racks sold in pairs. Continue reading “Yard Tool Rack” »
I brought Pooh’s house to life taking inspiration from the original decorations of E.H. Shepard, with exposed tree branches wrapped around the house, “Mr. Sanders” inscribed above the doorway, shelves stocked full of ‘hunny’ pots and bespoke wallpaper that I have designed.
For those all-important naps which Pooh is famed for, there is sleeping space for a family of four. The double bed will be floor level and the single beds will be on a mezzanine level accessed via timber ladders. Continue reading “Winnie The Pooh Treehouse” »
How 12 teens invented a solar-powered tent for the homeless
Girl power is so underestimated and girl scientists are especially ignored by the science community. But an all-girl engineering team came up with an innovative solution to keep homeless people safe in winter.
A team of 12 girls from San Fernando High School in partnership with DIY Girls designed solar-powered tents for the homeless, and they can also be packed and folded into a backpack to be easily transported. Continue reading “All-girl engineer team invents solar-powered tent for the homeless” »
There are a lot of peculiar places in the world which make them unique destinations for landscape photographers.
This amazing place is located in the Indian Ocean, named Socotra, and is a small island close to the shores of Yemen. Continue reading “Isolated Island with Strange Plant Life is “The Most Alien-Looking Place on Earth”” »
Did you know that there are more than 10,000 varieties of apples in the world? There have been more than 14,000 commercially available varieties only in the US by the start of the 1900s, but this number has dropped to only 100 in modern days. Continue reading “Appalachian Apple Hunter Finds and Rescues 1200 Lost Varieties” »
