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Caddisfly larvae construct silk cases decorated with pieces of gravel, sand, twigs, snail shells, and other natural debris. This most often happens during winter months, so the theory behind this behaviour is that they do it to protect themselves from the cold, harsh weather.
However if you’re a Caddisfly larvae in the care of French artist Hubert Duprat, you’ll have an entirely different supply of materials with this to create your protective case:

Duprat “introduced beads, pearls, turquoise, and 18-karat gold pieces into their environment and let them construct tiny gilded sculptures. Duprat has been collaborating with the larvae since the 1980s. Learn more about his work at Cabinet Magazine.”

Photos by Jean-Luc Fournier via Cabinet
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Caddisfly larvae construct silk cases decorated with pieces of gravel, sand, twigs, snail shells, and other natural debris. This most often happens during winter months, so the theory behind this behaviour is that they do it to protect themselves from the cold, harsh weather.

However if you’re a Caddisfly larvae in the care of French artist Hubert Duprat, you’ll have an entirely different supply of materials with this to create your protective case:

Duprat “introduced beads, pearls, turquoise, and 18-karat gold pieces into their environment and let them construct tiny gilded sculptures. Duprat has been collaborating with the larvae since the 1980s. Learn more about his work at Cabinet Magazine.”

Photos by Jean-Luc Fournier via Cabinet

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EyelashJewelry is an Etsy shop run by a woman named Natalie who handmakes, you guessed it, jewelry for your eyelashes:

Eyelash jewelry is made by hand-weaving tiny glass beads onto ultra thin wire. This creates a light-weight, flexible band that can be formed to the shape of any eye. Simply bend the jewelry into the proper shape, apply a thin layer of adhesive, and press it directly above your eyelashes.”

Here you see Unicorns, Candy Corn, wee bitty Baby Farm Animals, and ”Salad Days” (garden vegetables and feathers) eyelash adornments. Head over to EyelashJewelry to view many more.

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Japanese design duo RGB (Shuji Tomishima and Takushi Okina) created an awesome series of rings that spell out onomatopoeic sound effects in katakana as they’re found in manga

“Katakana sound effects have long been a vital part of manga, with authors often using them lavishly throughout sequences to help heighten the visual mood of the story. It’s actually a really interesting topic of thought: designing typography based on the sound effect that each character has.”

These striking rings are available through Mitsubai Tokyo. Prices range from smaller characters (ッ) which sell for 7,612 yen to larger characters (ド・ゴ・ハ・ガ) which sell for 23,100 yen.

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Are you the sort of person who really wants to make an impression on Halloween but doesn’t want to put in a lot of effort? Or perhaps you’re like us and feel that Halloween is worth celebrating all year round and that pretty much any outfit can be enhanced with a gruesome accent or two. Either way, this awesome jewelry looks like just the ticket. 

Peter Von Erickson of creates impressively creepy yet elegantly simple chokers, bracelets, and rings which make it look like you’ve been cut open, stitched up (perfect for dressing up as Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas!), or even infested with revolting maggots. Each delightfully gory piece is hand cast using flexible vinyl and they’re all available via Pete’s Etsy shop, VonErickson or from VonErikson’s Laboratory.

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Olga of OlechckaDesign created this adorable Nyan Cat Internet Meme Necklace that celebrates the cute little kitty with a Pop-Tart body who endlessly flies through space to the tune of an infectious J-pop song leaving a cheerful rainbow in its wake.

The handmade charm was created using Sculpey (polymer clay) and hangs from a 12-inch silver chain. It’s currently available for purchase via Olga’s Etsy shop, OlechckaDesign.

Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya!

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This enormous charm bracelet is an art installation created by Belgian designer Liesbet Bussche. Entitled Urban jewellery: Suzy’s Charms, the oversized bracelet pays homage to the life of French singer and actress Suzy Solidor. Each individual charm represents an aspect of Solidor’s life.

Urban jewellery: Suzy’s Charms is on display in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France until September 23, 2012 as part of the Mirror Mirror exhibition, which is an homage to Solidor. After that the piece will be shown at the Velvet da Vinci Gallery in San Francisco, CA from October 24 through November 25, 2012.

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