Torn Paper Animal Sculptures
What a resourceful and creative way to sculpt creatures out of old paper.
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Shane Waltener: Lace Webs
Many moons ago I found the above image in a Tumblr feed without any luck of locating the artist. Finally, Lovely Textiles has the answer: London artist Shane Waltener! This piece, Auntie Peggy Has Departed, is a great example of his body of work, utilizing lace doilies and audio as part of an installation focused […]
Balanced Stones in Running Water
Our own Mark Frauenfelder discovered the work of Boulder, Colorado interventions-in-nature artist Mike Grab in the best possible way: He happened upon one of Mike’s sculptures, in the wild, soon after its completion. Simply put, Mike Grab balances rocks, one on top of another, in flowing water, with no glue or other means of support apart from gravity itself.
Furniture Built From Doors and Ladders
Dutch artist Chris Ruhe designs and builds furniture using reclaimed building materials set at radical angles. Whether its a cabinet unit made from old doors, or shelves made from discarded ladders, Ruhe’s divergent style comes out in his work.
Wood Wall Sculpture
Curbly has a killer wood wall sculpture made by Liv and Jeff McMillan as seen in their house tour over on Apartment Therapy. Bringing the outdoors into your interior home design is always welcome in my book and this project is a great way to do so. More: How-To: Wood Wall Hanging How-To: Paper Cherry […]
Smoke Ring Text Generator Scrolls Vertical Marquees
Well, sort of. In practice, the rings persist just long enough to make out a single letter. But you get the idea. Chicagoan Mitchell F. Chan’s THE INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN DON QUIXOTE OF LA MANCHA is slowly evaporating the text of Cervantes’ famous novel into the air, one letter at a time.
Scott’s Pentagonal Dragon Tiling on a Dodecahedron
Each face of “DodecaHedron of Dragons II” by California artist Scott Van Note is identically patterned, hand-carved on a pentagonal tiling designed by Scott himself. I had the pleasure of meeting Scott at BAMF 2011, where he was helping out at the Explorable Microscopy booth. We started talking, and he handed me this amazing object. I caught up with him, after the Faire, and got him to answer a few questions about it.
