Christopher Jobson writes on the colossal art and design site Colossal: Japanese artist Riusuke Fukahori paints three-dimensional goldfish using a complex process of poured resin. The fish are painted meticulously, layer by layer, the sandwiched slices revealing slightly more about each creature, similar to the function of a 3D printer. I really enjoy the rich […]
Combining issues around utopia, environmentalism, and contamination, Kim Holleman will be exhibiting some of her micro-environments at Front Room Gallery in Brooklyn, opening this Friday. Working with vintage scientific beakers and bottles, Kim’s “faux-scientific archive” presents us with miniaturized landscapes that comment on mankind’s chemical footprint, but show that truly defiant biology will grow almost […]
If you think print is dead, you need to check out these incredibly vibrant landscapes made by Montreal artist Guy Laramee using old books. His vision and attention to detail yield gorgeously dreamy results. Here’s a detail shot of the piece above: And there are plenty more where these came from. Head to Laramee’s site […]
Korean artist Minjeong An has several more works in this vein, but Self-Portrait (2007), shown here, is my favorite.
Lumarca is a projection-based 3D volumetric display, which is collaboration between Albert Hwang, Matt Parker, and Elliot Woods. In 2010, they were the winners of Red Bull’s “Create the Future” contest at World Maker Faire New York. With a height of fifteen feet, the latest iteration of the Lumarca concept is the tallest yet and will be on display at Eyebeam starting tomorrow night.
DeviantArtist “Joker-laugh” built this amazing AVP chess set which has recently been wowing the geek blogosphere. He doesn’t say much about the making of the pieces, but on the creation of the board, he writes
New media artist Taeyoon Choi visited Europe’s largest IKEA store near Malmo, Sweden, in December, 2011, along with a bag full of motors, microcontrollers, and hardware.
