Skateboard Sculptures. Street Art. Leaf Cut Art by Lorenzo Durán. 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. And with our love of fast food and iced coffee, there are untold numbers of plastic straws being sent to the landfill every year. The artists and designers featured here all use these ubiquitous disposable items to create objects of unexpected beauty.
While these artists use new straws, as opposed to recycled straws, to make their creations, there’s no reason their designs couldn’t provide inspiration for someone who chooses to use recycled materials. Padlab’s Popoté Lamps Padlab, a partnership between Dan Gottleib and Penny Herscovitch, concentrates on researching and developing new materials that straddle the border between art and architecture. 1000 & 1 Straw Light by Inna Alesina. Laser-Cut Marquetry Skateboard. Dice Sculptures by Tony Cragg. So this is definitely jaw dropper of the day.
How impressive are these dice sculptures by Tony Cragg? Artist Tony Cragg recently unveiled the sculpture you see in the first 3 images at FIAC 2011 in Paris. Zp8497586rq. Confetti Death. Dream Big by Peter Fecteau - Rubix Cubes. “Dream Big” was a year-long project in which Pete created a mosaic of Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. using 4,242 Rubik’s Cubes. > petefecteau.com. Awesome Pokemon Jack-o-Lanterns. World's Biggest Pumpkin Carved as Zombies. 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. Lorenzo Duran - Leaf Cut Art. 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. Pumpkin Sculpture. Natural Architecture. Shadow Art. Gourd Sculptures.
Before we completely close out our Food theme, we wanted to highlight the amazing food art of Ray Villafane. We posted about Ray’s “art pumpkins” last year and it’s become one of our most popular pieces. Starting off his career as a grade school art teacher, Ray eventually entered the world of professional sculpting. He has cultivated his sculpting chops in a truly unique way, carving pumpkins. Check out the tips he shares here with us for creating your own cut-above pumpkin sculptures. In the fall, look for Ray’s in-depth instructional DVDs. Paper Columns. 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. The project involves the conception and design of a new column order based on subdivision processes. It explores how subdivision can define and embellish this column order with an elaborate system of ornament. An abstracted doric column is used as an input form to the subdivision processes. The input form is tagged to allow the subdivision process to distinguish between individual components.
The result is a series of columns that exhibit both highly specific local conditions as well as an overall coherency and continuity. Paper Cuts. Paper Art. 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. In this article, we’ll take a look at 13 remarkable artists and showcase their truly amazing pieces of paper art. Peter Callesen Visit website Jen Stark Visit website. Paper Sculpture - Scott Campbell. L’artiste tatoueur de New-York Scott Campbell expose ses dernières oeuvres à la galerie OhWow de Los Angeles.
Intitulée « Noblesse Oblige », cette exposition dévoile des créations réalisées au laser dans des planches de billets de $1. Un rendu impressionnant à découvrir dans la suite. Plastic Cutlery Dragon. Underwater Sculpture - Drowning Beautiful. Still life: Bent objects.
UPDATE: The Return of Bent Objects Wires transform these objects from inanimate to hilarious works of art.
Little polish girl McDonalds as Sculpture Materials Yeah, this is where those come from Dancing Queens English breakfast Sylvia Muffin put her head in the oven. The introvert.