Posts tagged: sculpture
Giant Cobweb Made of Coffee Stirrers.
By ChrisjobOne more artfully scary project just before Halloween:
According to the photos, it looks like nothing but coffee stirrers and glue.
Vintage Typewriters in Design
By ModHomeEcTeacher
Photo Image: LuphiaLoves
Can you think of anything unappealing about the design of vintage typewriters? They evoke feelings of long, arduous hours of thinking and rethinking brilliant ideas, plunking along until the last page is yanked from the rollers with satisfied uncertainty. It's old school at its best. Even if you're not a writer, you can't deny the coolness of a vintage typwriter sitting there all "I still look so good, even if you prefer a boring keyboard". Grab one or two before it's too late. Plus, it's a darned clever way to add a splash of color... » READ MORE
A Very Sculptural Showerhead
By DIY Maven
This is the most beautiful shower head I've ever seen. Materialicious tells it will be available at VADO, but I can't find it on their website. Whatever, it's gorgeous!
Glowing Light Boxes From Used Wine Crates.
By ChrisjobRecycled? Check. Glowing? Check. DIYable? CHECK.
Australian artist Tracy Johnson has created these glowing sculptures from stacks of reused wine crates. And you can too.. so head to salvage shop, grab a jigsaw and a flood light, and recreate!
Making Burnt Brown Bag Sculpture
By DIY Maven
Never in a million years would have I considered taking a match to a paper bag slathered in tacky glue to see what kind of effect would occur. But then again, I'm not in the habit of testing glue for flammability, which is exactly how this technique was discovered back in the 60's. It's a very cool way to get a metal sculpture look without the metal. To give it a shot, you'll need to gather up the following:
Toilet Paper Roll Sculpture
By DIY Maven
Artist Junior Fritz Jacquet takes empty toilet paper rolls and turns them into works of art. He coaxes and creases them and then finishes them with layers of color and varnish, for an effect that's nothing less than remarkable. Via.
How to Make a Frabjous Cardboard Sculpture
By DIY Maven
Evil Mad Scientist Labs went ga-ga over Professor George W. Hart's sculpture, Frabjous. When they realized Professor Hart has been kind enough to post a template to make such a sculpture, they got right to work!
How to Shape a Book
By DIY Maven
That post title isn't nearly as clever as this tutorial, but it's kind of hard to describe. The results, however, speak for themselves. Basically, Sheila uses old paperbacks as a medium for sculpture. To make one of our own, we'll need....
How to Make Hypertufa Garden Pots
By DIY Maven
Okay, first let's define Hypertufa. According to The Artistic Garden, Hypertufa (hyper-toofa) is an artificial stone that was 'first created in the mid 19th century by mixing sand, peat, various volcanic aggregates and cement.' It's lighter than stone or concrete and if cured properly it's freeze-proof. Now to the fun part: Using hypertufa to make pots. Here's a video showing us how.
How to Make a Concrete Garden Leaf
By DIY Maven
According to the Havekosts, making decorative concrete leaves for your garden is inexpensive and quite easy. And the outcome....fantastic! What you'll need to make one of your own includes:
Golf (Ball) Outdoor Stacking Set
By DIY MavenThis golf ball-looking thing-y is actually a set of outdoor furniture. Disassembled, it consists of two chairs and a table, but when it's stacked up, it becomes a piece of sculpture, which would make for a very interesting back yard focal point. » READ MORE
Johnny Swing's Jar Chair
By DIY Maven
It's a chair. Made out of jars. See more examples of how Johnny's brain works by visiting his website.(His Nickel Couch, made out of approximately 7,000 nickels, is definitely worth a gander. It's lovely.)
Cigarette Butt Artwork
By DIY Maven
Artist Tom Deininger has found a way to turn those unsightly cigarette butts that litter the globe into some extraordinary artwork. 'Filter Rabbit', pictured above, is made of just that: unraveled filters. Below is 'Shell', which was constructed of butts the artist found in parking lots near a beach in Rhode Island.
Art and Government
By lilybeeGussying up Parliament buildings in weird ways seems to be a uniquely European pastime, (though I'd love to know if I'm wrong about that). The most recent seat of power to get a funky art treatment is the Flemish Parliament building in Brussels. Artist Arne Quinze has created The Sequence a 80 meter long and 15 meter high sculpture, in Brussels.
The blurb about it says "The symbolic and physical connection between the neighbors, the Flemish Parliament and the House of Flemish Representatives, reflects a possible connection between all people in Brussels. Cross-culture connections, a connection with Europe, its diversity and entity." Which is nice and all, but mostly I was thinking OOOOOOh, pretty red trees.
Crayon Sculpture
By DIY Maven
According to her website, artist Diem Chau ‘combines common mediums and common means to create delicate vignettes of fleeting memory, gesture and form, resulting in works that combine egalitarian sensibility and minimalist restraint.’ A more succinct description of her crayon sculpture might be ‘intricate yet simple’. An oxymoron to be sure, but fitting. Ms. Chau does commissioned work, as was the ‘Boy in Blue’. For additional information, incl » READ MORE
A Series of Tubes
By DIY Maven
The internets may or may not be a series of tubes, but these sculptures by Marc Rust are. Okay, they're not 'tubes' per se, but they are vacuum tubes that are 'reborn as objects of unique beauty'. Combined with wood, resin and glass, the tubes, once assembled, look very much like futuristic cityscapes. A simple idea with interesting results. You can see more of Marc's work at sparklemachine.com.
Open Call For Art!
By 3rd Ward Brooklyn3rd Ward Fall Solo Show: An Open Call to Find One Extraordinary Artist.
This nation-wide open call for ambitious, distinct and provocative work is open to artists working in all mediums - sculpture, photography, painting, printmaking, motion graphics, illustration, installation, industrial design, graphic design, film, video and more. For this call Gawker Artists has come on as a sponsor and this year's Judging Panel includes Clay Rockefeller, co » READ MORE
The Cantaloupe Death Star.
By ChrisjobSo, I've admitted this here before: I've never gotten around to seeing Star Wars. And, to be honest, I don't really like cantaloupe. But with a knife, a cantaloupe, and five minutes, you can have your very own planet-killing super weapon that even I could get into. Clever.
BMW's Kinetic Sculpture
By DIY Maven
This mechatronic sculpture from ART+COM is exhibited at the BMW Welt in Munich. The 714 metal balls are suspended by strings that raise and lower the balls creating weightless shapes. Those shapes for this particular installation are BMW’s 90 year history of car shapes. Check out the video of this extraordinary creation. (The transitions from one shape to another are particularly amazing.) Via.
Robotic Sculpture
By DIY Maven
Christopher Conte makes artificial limbs for amputees. Combining his interest in human anatomy with his love of sculpture has resulted in some very unique creations that have caught the attention of Wired, Popular Science, Make Magazine, The Discovery Channel and MTV Networks. In 2007, he began making his 'microbotic' pieces available to the public. To see Christopher's on-line portfolio, visit his website. Via.
