NewspaperWood // Image Courtesy of Vij5

NewspaperWood // Image Courtesy of Vij5

When we think of wood and paper, we usually see it in this manner; wood=source, paper=result. What if we flipped the model and saw paper as the source and wood as the end product? This was the concept behindMie [Read More…]

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''mortar and pestle #1' constructed from oak and glass, part of the 'paraphrase' series by shira keret'

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