sculpture

Giant fluid dynamics sculpture made of robot-glued plastic balls

Um, wow. Geometric death frequency-141, as its called, was created by Czech artist Federico DÃaz. It consists of 420,000 plastic spheres, each of which appears to be about 1.5″ in diameter, glued together by industrial robot arms. The subject is a simulated liquid splashing inside an imaginary 50x20x20 foot box. Reportedly, DÃaz wrote the software to perform the simulation himself, and the software to drive the assembly process, as well. More details over at designboom. [via Gizmodo]

Continue Reading October 1st, 2010 Sean Michael Ragan2

Used car part sculptures

James Corbett, from Ningi, Queensland, Australia, started making art from old car parts in 1999 while running an auto-recycling business. I especially like the frog. [Thanks, Alan Dove!]

Continue Reading September 28th, 2010 Sean Michael Ragan2

Carved Box of Baseball Cards

New York sculptor Randall Rosenthal was probably tired of people not believing that his hyperrealistic carvings–which include such unlikely subjects as stacks of newspapers, open books, and folded maps–were actually made of wood. So he took photos along the way to prove it.

Continue Reading September 24th, 2010October 5th, 2015 Sean Michael Ragan

Dustin Wallace’s latest work-in-progress

Sculptor Dustin Wallace, whose intricately machined Transformers for grown-ups and sheet metal origami robots I have been raving about for some months, now, is at it again. These are a selection of choice work-in-progress shots from his latest build, called Sentry. Besides the arm blades, when finished, it will have hoses and canisters containing liquid on its back and a glowing LED in the eye.

Continue Reading September 13th, 2010 Sean Michael Ragan

Latest work from Nemo Gould

You’re probably already familiar with Nemo Gould’s work, covered here on Make: Online, in MAKE magazine, at Maker Faire Bay Area, or through other purveyors of fine maker-inspiring artistry. Nemo sent us links to his two most recent pieces, Party of One and The Race. Party of One (seen above) was constructed using the following […]

Continue Reading August 18th, 2010 Gareth Branwyn2

Giant voxel soccer ball sculpture

Check out this time-lapse installation video of a gigantic sculpture of a soccer player by Ratfliffe Fowler Design for Nike. Each voxel in this hanging sculpture is a soccer ball.

Continue Reading August 16th, 2010 Adam Flaherty

Dalton Ghetti’s unbelievable micro pencil sculptures

Connecticut-based artist Dalton Ghetti must have amazing eyesight. Pictured here are none other than pencils that he hand-carves to teeny tiny detail. Apparently, Ghetti is a carpenter by trade and the pencils are his side project. He uses razor blades, sewing needles, sculpting knives, and mad skills. My mind is officially blown. [Thanks, Markle!]

Continue Reading August 6th, 2010 Goli Mohammadi14