Tag: sculpture

October 21, 2013 at 8:36 pm

Isaac Cordal’s Miniature City in Ruins Installation in Nantes, France

Isaac Cordal's Miniature City in Ruins Installation in Nantes, France

Earlier this year, artist Isaac Cordal (previously featured here and here) unveiled one of his most ambitious installations to date, entitled, Follow the leaders. Located in Nantes, France, the project took three months of planning. The installation occupies a 20 m x 18 m (65 x 59 ft) space consisting of over 2000 individual…

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October 15, 2013 at 12:58 pm

Johnson Tsang Sculpts a Dragon Strangling a Porcelain Vase

Johnson Tsang Sculpts a Dragon Strangling a Porcelain Vase

Johnson Cheung-shing Tsang is a Hong Kong sculptor specializing in ceramics, stainless steel sculpture and public artworks. Tsang’s works mostly employ realist sculptural techniques with a surrealist imagination, integrating the two elements, human beings and objects, into creative themes. In a recent sculpture entitled A Painful Pot, Tsang wanted to create a porcelain sculpture…

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October 11, 2013 at 3:49 pm

Ai Weiwei’s ‘Forever Bicycles’ Installation in Toronto

Ai Weiwei's 'Forever Bicycles' Installation in Toronto

Artwork by AI WEIWEI Photograph via Scotiabank Nuit Blanche on Facebook On display from October 6 – 27 at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto, Canada, is renowned Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei’s Forever Bicycles installation. The 3,144 interconnected bicycles served as the centerpiece for last weekend’s Scotiabank Nuit Blanche art festival, a dusk…

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September 27, 2013 at 11:33 am

60 ft Rubber Duck Floats into Taiwan

60 ft Rubber Duck Floats into Taiwan

Florentijn Hofman’s world-famous, larger than life Rubber Duck floated into the harbour of Kaohsiung, Taiwan last week, attracting over 200,000 spectators in a single day and over half a million in 72 hours. The 18 meter (59 ft) tall inflatable rubber duck weighs over 1,000 kg (2,205 lbs). On display until October 20, 2013,…

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September 25, 2013 at 12:58 pm

The Photographic Diversity of Chicago’s Famous ‘Bean’

The Photographic Diversity of Chicago's Famous 'Bean'

Cloud Gate is a public sculpture by Indian-born British artist Anish Kapoor. Nicknamed the Bean, it is the centerpiece of the AT&T Plaza in Millennium Park in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Inspired by liquid mercury, the Bean is made of 168 stainless steel plates welded together. Its highly polished exterior has no visible seams…

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September 18, 2013 at 1:06 pm

15 Sculptures Made from Old Watch Parts

15 Sculptures Made from Old Watch Parts

Susan Beatrice is an artist and sculptor based out of Glassboro, New Jersey, USA. She started All Natural Arts as a celebration of nature in the form of jewelry and other whimsical items. The designs are created with the environment in mind. Recycled, upcycled and repurposed objects are combined with natural elements into unique,…

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September 9, 2013 at 1:39 pm

Everyday Clothes Carved Out of Marble

Everyday Clothes Carved Out of Marble

Alex Seton is a Sydney-based artist born in 1977. Seton graduated from the College of Fine Arts at the University of New South Wales in 1998 and has exhibited his artwork nationally and internationally since. Seton is best known for his realistic sculptures carved from marble. In the selection below, we explore Seton’s recreations…

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September 8, 2013 at 1:52 pm

Miniature Clay Artworks on the Outside of Altoids Tins

Miniature Clay Artworks on the Outside of Altoids Tins

Redditor Qoth recently uploaded an album of clay polymer artworks affixed to the outsides of Altoid tins. The post quickly went viral, with the accompanying Imgur album already viewed 177,000 times in the first 10-hours. The artist is Qoth’s mother, and most of the artworks below were made as gifts for family members. According…

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August 22, 2013 at 12:35 pm

The Most Intricate Hand Cut Paper Art You Will See Today

The Most Intricate Hand Cut Paper Art You Will See Today

Rogan Brown is an Anglo-Irish artist that specializes in intricate hand cut paper art sculptures. Currently living in the ‘wilds’ (i.e., in a forest on the side of a mountain) of Southern France, Brown explains: “I look for patterns and repeated motifs that run through natural phenomena at different scales, from the microscopic to…

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August 12, 2013 at 12:31 pm

Amazing Sculptures Carved from a Single Block of Ice

Amazing Sculptures Carved from a Single Block of Ice

Fairbanks, Alaska, is home to the World Ice Art Championships, one of the world’s largest ice sculpting competitions and exhibitions. From its beginning in 1988, the World Ice Art Championships has grown to a month-long event featuring more than 70 teams from around the world. The 2013 event, which ran from February 26 –…

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