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`May the 4th be with you!
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For #StarWarsDay
here is the awesome work of @_Muratpalta
who illustrates iconic movies in Ottoman miniature
style.
‘Ottoman Star Wars’ is one of his most
renowned works #MayThe4thBeWithYou
A
thread on @_Muratpalta
Ottoman miniature take on movies… pic.twitter.com/njXWGsw23u
Bayt Al Fann (@BaytAlFann) May
4, 2022
These are brilliant
Can’t unsee Han in a fez now.
Yoda in a turban actually doesn’t seem weird at all.
Would tie the room together and make you a goddammed sexual tyrannosaurus.
Too right Rob - not every day you find a Persian rug of Predator 
Where can I buy this masterpiece?
Sadly I think it’s just one off art piece but I 'effin love it.
Designed to look like the petals of a flower so it doesn’t get eaten?
I found this blurb about them which is interesting:
The flight is low over the ground, skulking and phantom-like. The wing beats are deep and slow, but the butterfly is capable of moving rapidly if disturbed. Upon settling it usually turns quickly around, and tilts slightly forward so that the “false eye” on the underside hindwing is raised. This ocellus, together with the bright pink area, and the oval shape of the hindwings, may function to simulate the head of a small snake, deterring any bird, reptile or amphibian that detects where it has settled.
I started following this guy on twitter André Arcadio Fuster @AAFuster some of the beasties he posts are incredible.
Remember the photo of the Stave church I posted a while back well I found this interesting article on how they’ve weatherproofed them
Fascinating.
I love things like this Mike - a gentle reminder as to how just how clever some people have always been.
More like two cherries on a fruity
Freaking me out looking at it and I don’t mind spiders. Doesn’t look of this planet.
Mental looking thing - love it
Talking of mental how is this for a bit camouflage
Ramphidium Pselaphialis moth from Ecuador
Some of the indigenous art makes sense if that is where the inspiration comes from
That hadn’t occurred to me Kev you could well be right 
