Sculpture/Cuts/MixedMedia
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first image 'sunken sediment', 2010 (detail) hand-cut paper & foam core, light 31'' x 42'' x 38'' all images courtesy of jen stark american artist jen stark creates three-dimensional pieces which take paper to a whole new level of sculpture. in works such as 'sunken sediment', stark takes construction or acid-free colored paper and intricately cuts each sheet with an X-acto knife, layering the paper into a topographical landscape of color and bold shapes. other works such as 'centrifugal' or 'the highest point' see overlapping paper spiraling into a kaleidoscopic effect of color, mesmerizing the viewer and drawing them into the work. 'sunken sediment', 2010 31'' x 42'' x 38'' hand-cut paper & foam core, light 'the highest point', 2010 36'' x 27'' x 2.5'' acid-free colored and metallic paper on wood 'centrifugal', 2010 hand-cut paper on wood backing 40'' x 31'' x 5'' 'twirling spectrum', 2010 hand-cut cardstock paper 12'' x 12''
jen stark: paper art
Drinking Straw Art
Plastic drinking straws are one of the hallmarks of our disposable society. The little tubes are manufactured to be used just once, then they are discarded to sit in landfills for hundreds of years.
Life-size zombies crawling out of a 1,800-pound giant pumpkin? You have to face it, Halloween carved pumpkins don’t get a lot cooler than that. A crowd of Halloween fans gathered at the New York Botanical Garden, the other day, to see pumpkin-carving master Ray Villafane work his magic on the world’s biggest pumpkin. Ray, an established artist known also for his incredible toy and sand sculptor, had something special in mind for this year’s event, and it’s safe to say zombie fans were pleased with his idea. He used two of the largest pumpkins from this year’s harvest, one of them a record-holder, to create a creepy scene featuring zombies covered in pumpkin guts crawling out of a giant squash.
World's Biggest Pumpkin Carved as Zombies
L’artista spagnolo Lorenzo Duran si avvale delle foglie come tela per le sue incisioni. Dopo il lavaggio e l’essiccazione, rimuove con precisione chirurgica ed estrema cura i segmenti in eccesso, usando una tecnica simile a quella del tradizionale paper cutting . Quest’ultimo passo è ovviamente il più difficile vista la fragilità del materiale scelto, il risultatò di questo processo è una serie di affascinanti disegni geometrici incredibilmente belli e dilicati. Grazie a Francesca per il suggerimento. via: illusion.scene360.com Autore: Mauro Caramella
Lorenzo Duran - Leaf Cut Art
Natural Architecture
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Gourd Sculptures
Architect and programmer Michael Hansmeyer has undertaken a most ambitious project, designing an incredibly ornate and complex column with over 16 million individual facets! Hansmeyer has taken his initiative beyond the computer design phase and actually fabricated a full-scale 2.7 meter (8.8 ft) column made from stacked cardboard sheets. Check out the pics and information below for more details on this fascinating exploration.
Paper Columns
Paper art can be traced back to Japan, where it originated over a thousand years ago. From complex paper cutting to book carving, this is an ever expanding area of design that is hardly talked about. These intricate paper designs grace museums and exauhibitions throughout the world and is becoming yet another exciting medium of expression for many designers. Some of the artists featured here use simple materials, such as A4 printing papeel, while others resort to unexpected materials, such as actual books, as their prime materials.
Paper Art
Underwater Sculpture - Drowning Beautiful
Home » featured , Inspiring Artists , Inspiring Projects 26 October 2010 615 Comments Sometimes an artist creates something so beautifully simple that it takes your breath away…. literally. (hack line – couldn’t help it) Artist Jason de Caires Taylor creates life-size cement sculptures of people and submerges them into the waters of South America. As time passes the sculptures become part of the underwater landscape and slowly become artificial reefs ripe with marine life. The process of experiencing artwork out of a traditional gallery and underwater is described with intimately vivid detail on his site .