Art. Claire Fontaine’s Consumption. Match installations are hot!
Really beautiful work by Paris-based artist Claire Fontaine at Helena Papadopoulos in Athens, on display now through January 15, 2011. The last image is from a 2004 show at the Front Room. See also the work of Chicago artist Pei-San Ng. (via contemporary art daily) Creative Arts / line. Zombies vs. Ninja Shadow Cast - Boing Boing Shop. Most Amazing Miniature Food Artworks by Shay Aaron. Shay Aaron is a brilliant artist from Israel who makes the most astonishing miniature food jewelry.
These foodstuffs look so beautiful that we would desire to eat them. Actually, there’s a whole market out there for miniature food. Not actual stuff you can eat, but beautifully hand made designs of steaks, burgers, pies, vegetables, eggs and pretty much food artworks you can think of. Comments comments. Mountains of Books Become Mountains. I thought I’d seen every type of book carving imaginable, until I ran across these jaw dropping creations by Guy Laramee.
Master Sword & Hylian Shield Replicas: It’S Dangerous to Cosplay Alone! Take These. Carved Book Landscapes by Guy Laramee. (click images for detail)
Movement and Harmony. A selection of sculptures from different collections by Odani Motohiko.
Photos © Keizo Kioko and Odani Motohiko Link via Voice Your Temper. 3D Animals Crafted with Archival Cotton Paper. Sculptor Ann-Wili Highfield works with diverse materials such as ink, watercolours, archival cotton paper, cotton thread, copper pipe, timber block, and more.
Notes about the artist (from bio): Amazing Book Origami. Happy Wire People. Silhouettes Come to Life! Artist Joe Bagley hand cuts each design from a single piece of black paper.
Extraordinary Paper Animals. Calvin Nicholls’ animal sculptures are simply amazing!
His technical skills are so good that he’s able to replicate fur and feathers using a scalpel on paper. Notes about the artist (published at Behance Network): Calvin has been creating his paper sculptures since 1986 from his studio north of Toronto Ontario, Canada. Working with sheets of paper and a scalpel, he cuts the component pieces to fit the final drawing and assembles the low relief artwork under studio lighting. When the sculpture is complete the lighting is adjusted to bring out the subtle form and texture. An Amazing Slate Statue of Alan Turing. With appropriate lighting over Stephen Kettle‘s sculpture, it enhances his work in a dramatic and expressive way.
Notes by Kettle (from his website, “The Artist” page): Stacking slate, and the process involved, takes a great deal of time and the process cannot be speeded up without compromising quality which, I couldn’t do. Accurate stone-work is the real core of my identity and I have self imposed a set of rules that I would find difficult to deviate from. Sewn Paper Objects. These are paper sculptures made by Jennifer Collier.
Her technique consists of “[...] bonding, waxing, trapping and stitching, I produce unusual paper ‘fabrics,’ which are used to explore the ‘remaking’ of household objects.” [1] Notes from the artist’s statement: [...]The papers are treated as if cloth, with the main technique employed being stitch; a contemporary twist on traditional textiles.The papers themselves serve as both the inspiration and the media for my work, with the narrative of the books and papers suggesting the forms.I tend to find items then investigate a way in which they can be reused and transformed; giving new life to things that would otherwise go unloved or be thrown away. 1. Artist's Statement. jennifercollier.co.uk. More than Meets the Eyes. Artist Michael Murphy is “fascinated with light, color, tone and shape, [he] strives to challenge the boundaries between the second and third dimensions, with optical illusions often employed to this end.” [1] Top: “Katie,” recycled bullet proof glass, braided fiber, wood and acrylic.
Notes about Murphy (published at Gallery Nine 5): Michael Murphy’s sophisticated conceptual approach to artistic creation is evident in his constant search for new and innovative methods with which to execute his works. With each piece, the artist will experiment with a new medium, adventurously fusing classical art-making techniques with digital processes and manual skills.The artist’s wire portrait of President Barack Obama received critical acclaim and was featured in TIME magazine’s December 2008 issue.Murphy has exhibited widely and created numerous site-specific installations throughout the U.S.
A New World within an iPod Box. Artist Jim Doran has made paper sculptures to be placed in a variety of objects such as a plastic iPod box, an Altoids tin, a fish can, and more. Notes from the artist’s statement (publish on Doran’s website): The things I make reflect my fascination with the sea, the macabre, the divine and the metaphysical. I make dioramas, paper cut-outs and tiny pen & ink drawings. Connection. Using black wire from his sculptures, artist Gavin Worth is able to mimic line drawings. Link via Sweet Station. See Yourself through the Eyes of Others.
Galeria Ignacio de Lassaletta presents a solo show of Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada‘s newest paintings and sculptures. See also: “Gigantic Portrait Art on Buildings and Landscape.” Notes about the exhibition written by Ivan de la Nuez (essayist and curator): Black Garden. Paper art by Lauren Fensterstock. Someone’s Leaping Over the Fence Wall. “I use metal squares to sculpt the human form, creating works that elicit both the strength and delicacy of the body,” states artist Rainer Lagemann.
He attempts to mimic a body in motion, but as if it were stopped in time. Sculptures made from Dripped Paint.