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Artist Makes Rugs That Look Like Nature | Insta of the Week

There's no Photoshop in Alexandra Kehayoglou's trippy nature scenes.

A photo posted by Alexandra Kehayoglou (@alexkeha) on Sep 24, 2014 at 9:22am PDT

A photo posted by Alexandra Kehayoglou (@alexkeha) on Sep 24, 2014 at 9:22am PDT

At a glance, this post by Alexandra Kehayoglou looks like a charming moment in a fairytale forest. A second look reveals the edges of a workshop or studio. "Clearly this is Photoshopped," the mind reflexively assumes. The Argentinan artist's bio reveals the truth: this is a wool rug. Kehayoglou spends hours sculpting and dying textiles to create surprisingly realistic interpretations of nature that look great in front of the fireplace.

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Check out her amazing process on her website, and a few more examples of her work in the Instagrams below.

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See more of Alexandra Kehayoglou's work on Instagram.

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