Growing up in the Australian Outback, where he first picked up a camera as a teenager to document his surroundings in the bush, Jon McCormack developed a keen eye for the beauty and subtleties of nature. Throughout his career, he’s stepped foot on all seven continents. Yet the idea for his new book, Patterns: Art of the Natural World, emerged from a period of quieter reflection.

Like many of us during the pandemic, McCormack’s travels were limited to his immediate area. He began visiting the same spots repeatedly and “discovered a new way of seeing, using photography to reveal the hidden harmony and symmetry of the natural world,” says a statement. Patterns, forthcoming from Damiani Books, draws upon this patient and attentive approach to nature’s rhythms, emphasizing its interconnectedness, resilience, and fragility.

The snapshots view slivers of our world from a range of perspectives, whether honing in on the recurring features of crystals or flying over a flamboyance of flamingos in Kenya. Patterns contains 90 striking images and text contributions from fellow photographers and conservationists.

Find your copy on Bookshop, and keep up with McCormack’s travels on Instagram.

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With a stained glass window, light filters through to illuminate narrative scenes or geometric patterns, but it’s primarily the window itself that draws our attention. For Lesley Green of Bespoke Glass, these vibrant compositions certainly aren’t limited to these traditional apertures. “One of my personal obsessions is trying to convince people to hang glass on the wall instead of in the window, so you can really experience the pure color and texture of the glass,” she tells Colossal.

Bespoke Glass creates a wide range of aesthetic and functional forms, conceived for both residential and commercial interiors. Some are designed to be screens or separators, such as behind a bar or between tables in a restaurant. Others are more sculptural, such as her three-dimensional sculptures that project onto the wall when the sun shines through them, interacting with local shadows. This display method also highlights the inherent textures of the glass itself, from waves to ridges to mottled patterns.

Using a hand-cut, traditional copper foil method of creating the stained glass, Green has also innovated some studio-developed techniques to produce three-dimensional objects. “Craftsmanship is extremely important to me as well,” she says. “Precise cuts and especially smooth solder lines are part of everything my studio produces.”

All pieces are available to be commissioned in custom colorways, and Green is also working on larger-scale versions of the sculptural works, plus multiple-piece collections designed to installed on the wall. See more on Instagram.

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See how to make an adorable knitted coffee cozy to keep your drinks snug and warm. Because coffee cups need hugs too, right? Pair your coffee cozy up with a coffee mug and a DIY Mother’s Day card that you can print off from home and you have a great gift for mom! How to Knit... Go To project

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HESR 2107 brings an IMRR transfer under the signal gantry at Wesley and into the TZPR East Peoria Yard.

A pattern of birds and clouds from the magazine <i>Art–Goût–Beauté</i>, 1928. <i>Art–Goût–Beauté, Feuillets de l'élégance féminine</i>, aka <i>AGB</i>, and later on <i>AGB Voici la mode</i>, was a french luxury magazine about women's fashion, published in Paris, and active from 1920 to 1937. This very expensively made magazine was published by the owner of a textile factory, and it shows in the endpapers, which displayed fabric patterns in color. This one was printed only in blue, and comes from issue No. 99 (November 1928). Found in the Wikimedia Commons repository, here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Art_-_Go%C3%BBt_-_Beaut%C3%A9,_Feuillets_de_l%27_%C3%A9l%C3%A9gance_f%C3%A9minine,_Novembre_1928,_No._99,_9e_Ann%C3%A9e,_schutblad,_RP-P-2009-1921-1A.jpg ...placed under a Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication license. With a little extra work, this pattern can be made to tile.

A pattern of birds and clouds from the magazine <i>Art–Goût–Beauté</i>, 1928. <i>Art–Goût–Beauté, Feuillets de l'élégance féminine</i>, aka <i>AGB</i>, and later on <i>AGB Voici la mode</i>, was a french luxury magazine about women's fashion, published in Paris, and active from 1920 to 1937. This very expensively made magazine was published by the owner of a textile factory, and it shows in the endpapers, which displayed fabric patterns in color. This one was printed only in blue, and comes from issue No. 99 (November 1928). Found in Wikimedia Commons repository, here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Art_-_Go%C3%BBt_-_Beaut%C3%A9,_Feuillets_de_l%27_%C3%A9l%C3%A9gance_f%C3%A9minine,_Novembre_1928,_No._99,_9e_Ann%C3%A9e,_schutblad,_RP-P-2009-1921-1A.jpg ... and placed under a Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication license. With a little extra work, this pattern can be made to tile.

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