Category: Sculpture

Sculpture

LEGO curator collects the best sculptures in beautiful new book

Mike Doyle is a LEGO-based artist and curator who literally has no limits when it comes to what he can make with LEGO bricks. His recently-released book Beautiful LEGO: Wild! by No Starch Press is a collection of the...

By Umar Ansari · Aug. 05, 2014

Sculpture

Impossibly complex compositions created from laser cut paper

Eric Standley has taken it upon himself to create paper-cut art that is shocking in its precision and complexity. The 3D works are reminiscent of stained glass windows, but are actually composed of hundreds of sheets of paper. The...

By Justin Crowe · Aug. 04, 2014

Sculpture

A basket weaver’s approach to “Pimp My Ride”

Weaving rattan is a method that’s often used to make baskets, but a Nigerian weaver applied this technique in an unlikely way. Ojo Obaniyi covered his entire Volkswagon pickup truck with the textured textile surface. “I wanted...

By Steph · Aug. 03, 2014

Art

16,000 flowers turn NY lobby into a suspended spring field fantasy

Just as the Notheasten United States was in its deep freeze winter an artist was trying to bring a little spring (a little hope) to the seemingly endless weeks ahead. Rebecca Louise Law installed 16,000 flowers suspended magically...

By Justin Crowe · Jul. 30, 2014

Sculpture

Delicate sculptures created through paper folding

Using pattern and repetition, Matt Shlian’s paper sculptures have a way of encouraging the viewer to pause and appreciate this quiet art form. Identifying himself as a “paper engineer,” Shlian began his interest in the...

By Steph · Jul. 29, 2014

Sculpture

Lonely robotic finger seeks love by perpetually "liking" girls on Tinder

I have a soft spot for art that mocks modern technology and this sculpture by Tully Arnot really got me excited. Arnot has humanized the cold soulless technology in our lives by giving it the desire to love, and then a helpless...

By Justin Crowe · Jul. 15, 2014

Architecture

The Michelin Man stars in an unusual hotel concept for the heart of Paris

You may be familiar with the Michelin Man (whose real name is actually Bibendum), the giant, lumpy white mascot of the Michelin tire company. But have you ever imagined him as a hotel? And a hotel smack dab in the middle of Paris at that?...

By Cameron Chapman · Jul. 09, 2014

Art

3D paintings with objects literally bursting from the frames

Dr. Yuki Matsueda's brilliant 3D paintings display a certain fascination with motion in stillness. The Japanese artist's sculptures are meticulously coated and molded in PET plastic to give the impression that the objects...

By Nhan Tran · Jul. 09, 2014

Sculpture

Vibrant wearable orb-like sculptures made from synthetic fabric

Mariko Kusumoto’s colorful balloons are made out of fabric and contain various objects symbolic of the artist’s lifestyle. The Japanese artist uses transparent fabric for the orb-like forms. Contained within these soft-shell...

By Umar Ansari · Jul. 08, 2014

Sculpture

Philanthropist honored with life-sized sculpture by artist he never met

Saige Baxter is an artist - a painter, sculptor, and welder. But even more than that, she is an advocate for many positive things in life. Much of her work stems from goodness and charity. So it was not a huge surprise when she created...

By Sharee Ann Narciso-Tolentino · Jul. 03, 2014

Sculpture

Minimalist timepiece sculptures are unintentionally zen

The wall-based mixed media sculpture series entitled 'Time is Now,' by Anna Masters, shows the artist’s careful attention to objects, their arrangement, and the spaces between them. Created from discarded timepieces, the...

By Steph · Jul. 01, 2014