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Suspended Ocean Wave Installations by Miguel Rothschild
Multidisciplinary artistt Miguel Rothschild works across a wide variety of mediums from modified photography to glass sculpture and textiles. In several recent works the Argentine artist has captured the slow roll of ocean waves in suspended fabric installations titled Elegy … Continue reading
See a NASA Physicist’s Incredible Origami – Great Big Story
Twenty five years ago, physicist Robert Lang worked at NASA, where he researched lasers. He has also garnered 46 patents on optoelectronics and even wrote a Ph.D. thesis called “Semiconductor Lasers: New Geometries and Spectral Properties.” But in 2001, Lang … Continue reading
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New Miniature Post-Apocalyptic Environments by Lori Nix and Kathleen Gerber
Lori Nix and Kathleen Gerber (previously) collaboratively produce detailed dioramas caught in the throes of natural or manmade chaos. From 2005 to 2015 the pair created a series titled The City, which imagined the post-apocalyptic interiors of abandoned violin shops, malls, and natural history … Continue reading
Anonymous Figures Struggle Against Nature in Porcelain Sculptures by Claudia Fontes
Since 2013, artist Claudia Fontes (previously) has been investigating the use and meaning of the word “foreigner” in a series of small figurative sculptures. Each sculpture, which is about the size of Fontes’ hand (about 23 x 5 cm / … Continue reading
New Textural Sculptures Made With Swirls of Seashells by Rowan Mersh – Colossal
Rowan Mersh (previously) creates textural artworks that toe the line between two and three dimensions, using carefully placed swirls of seashells. Each artwork is made up one only one kind of shell, which the artist uses in multiples as he explores … Continue reading
Under the sea… — the happiest pixel
Hey pixels!! As I told you last Monday, during this weekend we’ve had some street music/costume activities and more. Every year someone from the town hall choose a theme and they decorate the town streets according to it. This year … Continue reading
Dizzying Geometric Pies and Tarts by Lauren Ko
Lauren Ko brings mathematical precision to her baking, using elaborate intertwined patterns to form transfixing patterns to the top of her homemade pies and tarts. The Seattle-based amateur baker has been piecrafting for just a couple of years, she tells Mic, and if … Continue reading
James Brunt Organizes Leaves and Rocks Into Elaborate Cairns and Mandalas – Colossal
James Brunt creates elaborate ephemeral artworks using the natural materials he finds in forests, parks, and beaches near his home in Yorkshire, England. This form of land art, popularized and often associated with fellow Brit Andy Goldsworthy, involves detailed patterns, textures, … Continue reading
The Subverted Architecture and Twisted Objects of Alex Chinneck – Colossal
British sculptor Alex Chinneck (previously) upends the steady, reliable nature of banal structures that we interact with every day through his architectural interventions. Overturned swaths of car parking lots, twisted broomstick handles, and inverted building facades are executed with such precise detail … Continue reading
A Portrait of the Puppet Master as a Young Man – Great Big Story
Puppets—they’re child’s play, right? Spend five minutes watching Barnaby Dixon and you’ll surely disagree. At first, it might seem strange for a 26-year-old to be hand-building puppets in his bedroom and shooting videos of his performances for a living, but … Continue reading
