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I find you the finest reading material in this week’s “Linkfest”

Louise Durham’s art made with sea-defense timber

Monday, Monday.

You’ll get work your done today …

… AFTER you procrastinate with the diverting links I’ve hand-harvested for you, in this week’s “Linkfest”.

1) 🎨 Art made of stained glass and sea-defense timber

Louise Dunham is an artist who takes reclaimed timber used in sea-defense — i.e. wood used to help break waves and preserve beaches — and embeds it with stained glass, to make these pretty and slightly haunting sculptures. As she told Colossal …

.. she utilizes traditional leaded light techniques, along with fusing and slumping — these involve connecting two pieces together and melting the material in a mold, respectively — to create bisected circles and asymmetric stripes. Shen then arranges the translucent elements in gradients and rainbow-like columns and leaves the rugged edges and knots of the repurposed wood visible.

Check the other photos at Colossal, and at her site — they’re gorgeous.

2) 📧 Why you don’t need to answer that after-hours email