9 Amazing Displays of Fossil Art


	9 Amazing Displays of Fossil Art
chestnut501
8-18-2009 4:09 AM
607 views
chestnut501 says:
I would love to be able to decorate like this.
2 Comments |
Add a Comment
8-18-2009 5:22 AM
catalonia
simply stunning!
8-18-2009 5:56 AM
murieleileen
I like it,
Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up
Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page
View the Top Clips from August 18, 2009
Embed This Clip In Your Site...
<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/3fbf2c31-09a2-4bf6-823f-0ec8f42e3ac4/7F226350-EA8A-4651-A629-59C4243C76D0/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.zmescience.com/amazing-displays-of-fossil-art" href="http://www.zmescience.com/amazing-displays-of-fossil-art" style="font-size: 11px;">www.zmescience.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/amazing-displays-of-fossil-art"><P>Art is a relative term, especially in these modern times. In its most accepted term, art is the deliberate process of arranging certain elements in such a way that appeals to the senses, trying to achieve beauty. But what these elements are and how they are arranged is up to the artist. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that certain artists have used fossils (preserved remains or traces of animals, plants, and other organisms) to create amazing works of art, very original and interesting; here are just a few of them.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/amazing-displays-of-fossil-art"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/D17749E1-3B89-4F63-8080-D19988B54C18" alt="fossil art" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/amazing-displays-of-fossil-art">Fossil Fish mural</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/amazing-displays-of-fossil-art"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/4FEDA69F-CC63-4F44-B5BD-604C8C6D4543" alt="fossil art" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/amazing-displays-of-fossil-art">GeoDecor specimens adorn this Southern California home</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/amazing-displays-of-fossil-art"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/97F27E2A-246F-4125-B673-5367C68F0851" alt="fossil art" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/amazing-displays-of-fossil-art">A sample of Stephanoceras sp. Aalenian, Inferior Oolite, Somerset, about 165 mil. years old</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/amazing-displays-of-fossil-art"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/37507008-A019-4210-ABF1-E228BC77C8B0" alt="fossil art" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/amazing-displays-of-fossil-art"><SPAN>A few “paintings”, from <A href="http://www.homedecorators.com/pop.php?img=large%2Fl4443010910.jpg&type=large&parentId=4443010&sku=4443010910">here</A></SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/amazing-displays-of-fossil-art"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/EF9FCE0F-9344-43DE-9F02-80ECE3A014FA" alt="fossil art" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/amazing-displays-of-fossil-art"><SPAN>A smoky quartz from Brazil</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/amazing-displays-of-fossil-art"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/F872952D-B15D-4661-B8BE-FD09FBCAC871" alt="fossil art" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/amazing-displays-of-fossil-art"><SPAN>A fish and sting ray mural</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/amazing-displays-of-fossil-art"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/2B2BB2EF-82BD-4ABC-828D-D8674A8FCE92" alt="fossil art" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/amazing-displays-of-fossil-art"><SPAN>Blending beauty with usefulness</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/amazing-displays-of-fossil-art"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/6B39E4F1-8D52-4CB5-A63C-0DEDDFF465DB" alt="fossil art" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/amazing-displays-of-fossil-art"><SPAN>A vase</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/amazing-displays-of-fossil-art"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.zmescience.com/img/2927E7DB-95DB-4DE3-BA6F-7C82440D37F3" alt="fossil art" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.zmescience.com/amazing-displays-of-fossil-art"><SPAN>sculpture</SPAN></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7F226350-EA8A-4651-A629-59C4243C76D0/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
New from the makers of Clipmarks: Amplify.com - Don't just share the news...Amplify it!
Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard
Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment
Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch
Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map
About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Copyright; Privacy; EULA
Search Options

Today's Top Clips
