Take a first look at Christine Mercer-Vernon’s paintings and you’ll notice the intricate beauty of local flowers, depicted in exact detail. Each vein on the leaves, every grain of pollen, ...

Silk has been one of nature’s most remarkable materials for thousands of years – but its story is far from over. In this video, we explore the future of silk, from bioengineered threads and ...

Rising British gallery Copperfield highlights Ada M Patterson, whose silk paintings expand upon the Barbadian-tinged textiles she developed for the Prospect.6 triennial in New Orleans last winter.

A "Gudi" – a piece of colored silk cloth tied on a bamboo stick with neem leaves, mango leaves, and a garland, and at the top, an upside-down silver or copper pot – is hoisted outside homes as ...

This ancient Silk Road town was almost lost to time Dandan-Oilik was once a thriving complex packed with Buddhist temples in the Taklimakan desert. What do we know now about this abandoned ancient ...

You Can Actually Smell the Incense, Rainy Meadows and Musty Cloth in These Pre-Raphaelite Paintings At an exhibition in England, curators have placed artworks alongside diffusers that dispense ...

The Chapel Hill Public Library is featuring a new collection from local artist Dain Kim, who was inspired by North Carolina nature and Korean folklore, until Oct. 8.

He estimates he has done more than 300 nature paintings and more than a dozen murals that are spread throughout the state. He’s also a pretty prolific author with a number titles to his name.

A Buckingham artist is back on eBay with a collection of original wildlife paintings to help preserve the environment the creatures call home. “Nature is where my heart is, and I want to keep it ...

Through "Silk: Exploring Nature's Superfibre," he aims to shine a spotlight on the astonishing world of silk, making it more accessible to a broader audience.

The complex molecular structure of spider silk has been successfully copied as scientists spin silk from an artificial gland that mimics nature’s process of producing one of the world’s ...