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Calluna De La Morte (roughly translated as Heather of the Dead) is the nom de guerre of American artist Heather Jean Skalwold. Her sculptures are not for the fainthearted. A baby cyclops, a reliquary heart, and a bone amulet are but a few of the things she crafts in her spare time. Heather’s work may […]
Zillabean is a 26-year old artist from the United States whose wacky sense of humor is evident in every one of his work. The poster for the fake movie Harry Potter and the Darkest Knight is one of my favorites. If it was a real movie, I would have watched it based on the poster […]
GENRE: macabre+fiaba TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/55340357 project page http://www.indiegogo.com/gotothewoods Everyone who is interested in the independent movies can join the project “Go to the woods” and get a lot of supercool stuff. Posters, screensavers, cool animal masks, wooden reed pipes, photo-shoot in a forest, invitation to a party in a dense forest and an opportunity to become […]
Sets for a Film I’ll Never Make is a series of cardboard sculptures made by Melbourne-based artist Daniel Agdag. Each peice is made entirely by hand without detailed plans. The whole thing is strictly improvised. Daniel says it’s like sketching with cardboard. A fine, sharp knife, some wood glue, cardboard, and his innate artistic […]
image courtesy of Steve Hall © Heidrich Blessing The Aqua building in Chicago is a stunning example of exquisite architecture. Since it was completed in 2010, Aqua has become a signature piece in the iconic Chicago skyline. Jeanne Gang of Studio Gang Architects has received numerous awards and accolades for her work involved with the design of the […]
Gábor Miklós Szőke is a Hungarian artist whose massive wooden sculptures are as well built as they are aesthetically pleasing. His installation “The Rocking Horse” is an actual rocking horse which weighed 3.5tons and could accommodate 70 riders. Other equally humongous sculptures include a the 51-foot long dinosaur he created for the Hungarian Wood Festival […]
Alicia Martinis an up-and-coming Spanish artist whose book-based installations are becoming more and more popular in the web. One of her more recent works feature a cascade of books coming out of a second-story window and almost, but not quite, flooding the ground outside. Other works include: a giant book doughnut, books trying to burst […]
Ron Ulicny is a Portland-based sculptor whose work awes and amuses in equal measure. His sculptures are thought provoking despite being amusing. He describes himself as a contemporary sculptor, fine artist, & craftsman that works for a living and has an inherent tendency to make “stuff “. This one-of-a-kind artist does not believe in curriculum […]
One man’s trash is another man’s pearl. In a digital world, typewriters belong to the museum or the scrap heap. Some of these instruments from a bygone era were resurrected by Korean artist Hong Seon Jang. He works mainly with found objects and common products. Type city is made entirely with parts scavenged from several […]
Peter Madden considers himself a ‘Sculptographer’. He takes the art of making a collage into a whole new level. One of his most popular works include a collage of plants, animal, and people cut-out from old encyclopedias and magazines. Sandwiched between two plates of safety glass, they give the viewer a pleasantly surprising three-dimensional view. […]
Su Blackwell is a UK based artist who loves working with paper. She hunts around second-hand bookshops for her raw materials. Su actually reads the book first once or twice before proceeding with the cutting, folding, and shaping. Her work tends to lean towards the realm of fairy tale and folk lore featuring young girls […]
Lego is a quite simply a child’s toy. In the course of its seventy-odd years, it has evolved into a world wide phenomenon with several Lego-themed amusement parks and competitions popping up. Recently they commissioned Jung von Matt, a Germany-based advertising company for one of their many minimalist ads. The results are indeed on the […]
Famous french band “Le Peuple de l’Herbe” release his new political involved wacky video for the song “Parler le fracas” (“talking the crash”). Directed by Wasaru, discover this animated music video, melting of photography and drawings in the video below:
Gamers are a breed apart. Timothy Saccenti did a great job capturing their game faces when Sony commissioned him for their ad campaign for Sony PlayStation 3. Every grin of triumph, frown of frustration, and grimace of anger was perfectly captured. The mood lighting and the contrast is simply wonderful and highlights the emotions of […]
Nagi Noda is a Japanese artist, designer, and director. She is the one behind the fantastic “Sentimental Journey” clip for Japanese pop star Yuki. She also created Hanpanda, the half panda, half other beast who appeared in her art exhibits and was also part of a collaboration with L.A./N.Y. fashion brand Libertine. One of her most enduring, […]
Often, how the world looks depends on your point of view. An installation by Zadok Ben David brings the point home. Blackfield is basically a field of steel botanical specimens modeled from old textbook illustrations, embedded in a thin layer of sand. Viewed from one angle, it is a depressing field of black flowers set […]
Henrique Oliveira is a Brazilian is an artist who likes to call his three-dimensional wooden installations: “Tridimensionals”. Other people simply call it disturbing. These sculptures of his look like some sort of sequel to the Lord of the Rings series, The Revenge of the Ents. Henrique went into a lot of trouble to make it look […]
Thomas Doyle’s cunningly crafted miniatures evoke a sense of omnipotence as you look through the glass and down at a ravaged scene complete with debris and people. One feels like a usurper peering down at tragedy and yet when you look closely at the tiny inhabitants, they’re going about their everyday lives as if everything’s […]
Jenine Shereos is one of the few artists who’ve made delicate works of art with the ubiquitous human hair. A closer look at her work reveals that hundreds of individual strands are carefully woven to form a delicate lace-like leaf. The leaves were made by stitching individual strands of hair by hand into a water- […]
Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, Germany is home to the world’s largest model railroad landscape. Last year, it added to its already impressive collection of miniatures with the world’s largest miniature airport. This 494-square feet display is based on Hamburg’s Fuhlsbüttel International airport. It took seven years to build and cost an estimated $4.8 million. What’s […]
Au Vieux Panier is a French hotel that annually sets aside five rooms to be re-conceptualized by artists and designers. One of the artists they commissioned is the internationally acclaimed graffiti artist Tilt. Entitled “Panic Room” half the hotel room is clean, white, and spotless while the other half is crammed full of layers of […]
Sam Jinks is a Melbourne-based sculptor who specializes in hyper-realistic art. Most, if not all, of his work are so life-like they will make anyone look twice. While most sculptures are smaller, or bigger than life, Sam’s work are perfectly proportioned with great attention paid to the smallest detail. Veins, hair, wrinkles, and pores are […]
You might want to watch where you’re stepping at Singapore’s Tyler Print Institute which recently hosted a very different kind of “Floor” show. Among the artists featured is Do-Ho Suh, a Korean artist well-known for his thought-provoking sculptures that explore the meaning of individuality and collective force. Suh’s work is greatly influenced by his father, […]
Thomas Deininger is not just another contemporary artist. He’s also an environmentalist and it shows in his work. He recycles trash by turning them into museum-quality pieces of art. Garbage is his medium. His talent is such that his clients let him cover entire walls with trash, artistically of course. He can depict entire landscapes […]
If you think church is only about the preacher or priest and its attendees, Luminaria De Cagna claimed otherwise in the 2012 Light Festival in Ghent, Belgium. Giving a light feeling, the amazing LED Cathedral lighted up the Belfortstraat city featuring Romanesque crossmatched with bright rainbow colors, anyone would be convinced to visit and will […]