Tediously Precise (For those who have the time...)

To everyone who says there are not enough hours in the day or days in the week: These artists have made incredible use of their time by creating masterpieces with patience and fine, controlled motor skills. 
Flower and Seed "danmalas"
Klein creates these arrangements outdoors, takes a photograph, and then leaves it for the  next person to discover. "Danmala," a combination of two Sanskrit words, means "the giver [of] garlands of flowers."
 How does she keep the seeds from rolling around?
One slip of the wrist could destroy hours of tedious carving by Bockenheim. He uses goose eggs and an electric drill to shave away at the shells.

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Surface to Structure
This origami exhibit, curated by origami devotee Uyen Nguyen, will hopefully be on display at Cooper Union in New York (the place where the first origami exhibition was on display back in the 1950s.)

 Nguyen is seeking funding on Indiegogo, and as of this week she is about a third of the way to her goal. The following artists were invited to participate in this show.
Tran Trung Hieu
Paper artist Adam Tran "Tran Trung Hieu" folds most of these incredible figures from a single sheet of paper.

Evan Zodi
Origami master Evan Zodi creates these intricate paper foldings and offers diagrams so people can replicate his designs.
Bernie Peyton
A wildlife biologist-turned-origami artist, Peyton creates wildlife origami.
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