7 January 2012 – 11:03 pm
As I’ve stated many times before, I’m simply enamored with things that are miniature and those that are oversized. Lately, three artists have caught my eye who deal with extreme proportions. The first is Carrie M. Becker, who created a Hoarders inspired, Barbie-sized mess. She created amazingly detailed, doll-sized rooms filled to the brim with [...]
I love cake. I love eating it and especially looking at beautiful and intricately crafted display cakes. As shows like Ace of Cakes prove, modern cake decorators are artists and sculptors; their media just happen to be butter cream and fondant. I saw this cake as I was browsing one of my favorite cake blogs [...]
Guerra de la Paz is the collaboration between two Cuban-born artists, Alain Guerra and Neraldo de la Paz. They create sculptures from found objects and recycled clothing. A lot of their work is politically themed, which doesn’t really interest me. But I am quite drawn to the forms they make with clothing. See more at [...]
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I’ve seen quite a bit of functional LEGO sculptures and especially love custom built LEGO furniture. This LEGO coffee table is pretty awesome, albeit expensive. The writers of Humble Ablog set out to create a LEGO replica of the George Nelson Platform Bench by Herman Miller. They had to buy each brick individually at 10-26 [...]
Jennifer Maestre is a sculptor who creates intricate sea-urchin inspired forms out of the tips of colored pencils. Her work is absolutely beautiful and requires a second look. The pieces become even more amazing and detailed as you examine more closely. It reminds me of a project we did in my Painting 1 class in [...]
