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Ted Talk: Jason deCaires Taylor – Underwater Art Museum

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An underwater art museum, teeming with life

A recent Ted Talk by underwater sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor. For deCaires Taylor, the ocean is more than a muse — it’s an exhibition space and museum. Taylor creates sculptures of human forms and mundane life on land and sinks them to the ocean floor, where they are subsumed by the sea and transformed from lifeless stone into vibrant habitats for corals, crustaceans and other creatures. The result: Enigmatic, haunting and colorful commentaries about our transient existence, the sacredness of the ocean and its breathtaking power of regeneration.

Discover more at UnderwaterSculpture.com.

Michael H. Davies – Arctic Photography

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Ice - Michael H. Davies
Photographer Michael H. Davies  took this incredible photo on the tundra outside Pangnirtung, Nunavut, a community of about 1,400 just a few kilometres south of the Arctic circle.

Born and raised in Pontypool, Ontario, Canada Davies studied at Sir Sanford Fleming School of Fine Arts where he focused intensely on studio work in pen and ink illustrations, painting in most mediums, glassblowing, artist blacksmith, stone carving, sculpture and photography.

Today, living 20 km south of the Arctic Circle in the picturesque Hamlet of Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Davies says he has “been given the unique opportunity to acquire inspiration from a culture and climate that most people will never experience. I draw inspiration from these experiences, in an attempt to capture my surroundings… giving the viewer a glimpse into life in the high Canadian Arctic.”

See more of Michael’s work on MichaelHDavies.com and Flickr.

Source: CBC.ca