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“Craig III” Johan Siggesson’s Striking Portraits of ‘Big Tuskers’ in Kenya March 4, 2026 NaturePhotography Kate Mothes Share Email Bookmark Among African elephants, “Big Tuskers” refers to bulls that grow tusks so long they sometimes scrape the ground. Each one can weigh well over 100 pounds. These giant, ivory incisors continually grow throughout an elephant’s…

Detail of “Regador Sombrero de Cartón” (2026). All photos by Yubo Dong, courtesy of the artist and Charlie James Gallery, shared with permission In Cardboard and Gold, Narsiso Martinez Highlights the Workers of American Agriculture March 4, 2026 ArtSocial Issues Grace Ebert Share Email Bookmark Americans are uniquely disconnected from our food. More than 10…

Margaret Rogers Dennis, Margaret’s Grocery and Market, Vicksburg, Mississippi. Photos by Fred Scruton. All images courtesy of Jo Farb Hernández and Tra Publishing, shared with permission ‘Architectural Fantasies’ Chronicles Elaborate Creations by Self-Taught Artists March 3, 2026 ArtBooksDesign Kate Mothes Share Email Bookmark What began as a pile of dirt, rubble, and cement in rural…

All images courtesy of the artist, shared with permission Masayoshi Matsumoto Meticulously Transforms Balloons into Expressive Critters March 3, 2026 Craft Kate Mothes Share Email Bookmark For Masayoshi Matsumoto, also known as Isopresso Balloon, a simple dog-shaped balloon animal is utter child’s play. His elaborate constructions combine a range of colors and can take on…

Detail of “Battle Ready.” All images courtesy of Rupy C. Tut and Jessica Silverman, shared with permission Rendered in Handmade Pigments, Rupy C. Tut’s Warriors March Toward Belonging March 3, 2026 Art Grace Ebert Share Email Bookmark “Warriorhood is an act of living an awakened life,” says Rupy C. Tut, referencing the continual battles that…

Radioposter Launches Paper-fi: Analog Books with Synchronized Soundtracks March 2, 2026 Sponsor Radioposter Share Email Bookmark For all the talk about 2026 being the year of analog, most of the conversation has been about rediscovering old formats like vinyl, film photography, and journaling. What’s been missing from these hobbies is something genuinely new, a reason…

All images courtesy of the artist, shared with permission Ruby Silvious’ Tiny Paintings and Assemblages Reimagine Used Teabags March 2, 2026 ArtCraft Kate Mothes Share Email Bookmark From diminutive pieces of fine mesh, Ruby Silvious meticulously conjoins, stains, tears, and sculpts a range mixed-media collages and tiny paintings from repurposed teabags. She often incorporates other…

All images courtesy of Wool Creature Lab, shared with permission Dive into Wool Creature Lab’s World of Vibrant Felted Nudibranchs March 2, 2026 CraftNature Kate Mothes Share Email Bookmark Among the myriad delights of the marine world, nudibranchs count among some of the most adorable. There are around 3,000 known species of these often very…

“Stranger Fruit” (2025), collage, 59.4 x 84.7 centimeters. All images courtesy of THK Gallery, shared with permission Tshepiso Moropa Splices Setswana Folklore and Dreams into Archival Collages March 2, 2026 ArtPhotography Grace Ebert Share Email Bookmark Using personal and archival images, Tshepiso Moropa cuts and splices delicate collages that consider the ever-evolving nature of the…

Maximum’s Upcycled ‘Billex’ Process Turns Discarded Bank Notes into Furniture March 1, 2026 Design Kate Mothes Share Email Bookmark Money manufacturers the world over are forever contending with counterfeiters. Before the U.K. introduced a new pound coin in 2017, for example, the earlier version was easy enough to fake that there were tens of millions…