Sandra Musy Taxidermy Art: Dead Animals Get Decorated

sandra musy taxidermy art

Sandra Musy: La Nature Vénéneuse was a recent exhibition featuring some seriously glamorous taxidermy — sparkly stuffed animals of the real variety. (more…)

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Canvas Textured Ceramic Vases & Pots by Kiki van Eijk

kiki van eijk canvas series

Kiki van Eijk’s Canvas Series is a collection of ceramic pots and vases in various sizes that look as though they are made of textiles. The process of creation is that the pots and vases are first made in textile and embellished with details then cast in ceramic. (more…)

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Modernist Metal Birdhouses & Birdfeeders By Joe Papendick

modernist metal birdhouses and birdfeeders

Metal sculptor Joseph Papendick creates beautiful outdoor birdhouses and bird feeders. The collections I’m sharing with you here are his modernist and cubist designs. Made of steel and treated with primer and 2 coats of bright and beautiful enamel colors, they are available in the colors shown or any color combinations you’d like. (more…)

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Sweet Structures. Buildings Made Of Sugarcubes by Lionel Scoccimaro.

Sugar Buildings by Lionel Scoccimaro
above: a digital print of Lionel Scoccimaro’s Sugar cube tower atop raw meat

Marseille-born and based artist Lionel Scoccimaro is a photographer and sculptor whose work encompasses many different art genres and utilizes various unusual materials. One of his most interesting series are his sugar cube sculptures in the forms of buildings, water towers and igloos. (more…)

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Seeing Skulls. James Hopkins’ Vanitas.

James Hopkins' Vanitas
above: James Hopkins, Decadence and Demise, 2006 (image courtesy of hamburger-kunsthalle)

Skulls, skulls, skulls. They are everywhere these days. But at least artist James Hopkins has a different take on them. He has a series of mixed media pieces called Vanitas in which random objects and furniture are composed to create the image or illusion of human skulls. (more…)

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