Wrapped within the piecey curls surrounding Miho Hirano’s subjects are twigs, vine fragments, and clusters of pink blossoms. Using a cool color palette tinged with blues, the Japanese artist (previously) paints ethereal, introspective portraits of women enveloped in movement whether through small fish swimming around their torsos or branches growing from under their hair. Hirano tells Colossal that she tends to center her oil-based works around finding harmony and the inevitability of change, particularly in relation to life’s fragile nature. More

These exquisite jewelry pieces are created by an amazing minute crochet artist Miho Fujita. Although I tried to find more about her- the internet does not reveal much about this artist - information is scarce if not almost non-existent. I have always admired her intricate and delicate looking creations breathing with elegance and richness of expression. Although they are monochromatic she manages to make them appear lively and vivid as if splashed with colors. More here.