Made of life-sized fiberglass casts and covered with aluminum or bronze wires, the sculptures of Korean artist Park SeungMo just beg to be touched. Read more
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The Work of Jedediah Morfit Is Flat, Fabulous and Fanfriggingtastic.
Artist Jedediah (Jed) Morfit is a professor of sculpture at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. Read more
Here’s How The VW Beetlesphere by Ichwan Noor Was Actually Created.
Out of respect for the artist, who removed this information from his own website and asked that I do the same, this post has been deleted so as to let the process of Ichwan Noor’s artwork remain a mystery. –editor
Domestic Hunger: A Vinyl Carnivorous Bird House by Blaine Fontana and A Special Custom Version.
A red bird perched on an almost completely jet black carnivorous bird house is an original sculpted vinyl piece by artist Blaine Fontana for Kid Robot Black. Read more
Human Hardware Cast In Bronze. Tongues, Ears and Hands Handles and Drawer Pulls.
Brooklyn-based Artist and sculptor Malia Jensen has created some interesting functional art for the home, exclusively for Artware Editions. Drawer pulls and door handles cast in bronze and patinated bronze are shaped like human tongues, ears and hands. The unique hardware is made in only 100 editions of each.
Tongue Pulls, 2013, polished bronze:
Tongue A (small): 7/16″ h. x 1 1/8″ w. x 1″ d.
Tongue B (small): 3/8″ h. x 1 1/8″ w. x 1 1/2″ d.
Tongue C (large): 5/8″ h. x 1 5/8″ w. x 1 7/16″ d.
edition of 100, each
Small: $175 each
Large: $200 each
Existing hardware can accommodate a drawer up to 1/2″ thick. Hardware can be replaced to accommodate drawers of different depths.
Ear Pulls, 2013, polished bronze:
Round: 1 1/2″ x 7/8″ x 7/8″
Pointy: 1 1/2″ x 3/4″ x 7/8″
edition of 100, each
Existing hardware can accommodate a drawer up to 1/2″ thick. Hardware can be replaced to accommodate drawers of different depths.
$180.00
Hand Handles (based on Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel), 2013, patinated bronze:
installed dimensions: 1 1/2″ h. x 6 3/8″ w. x 1 1/2″ d.
edition of 100 pairs
Existing hardware can accommodate a drawer up to 1/2″ thick. Hardware can be replaced to accommodate drawers of different depths.
$600.00
Shop for these and other items by Malia Jensen here at Artware Editions.
Stephen Newby Full Blown Metals. Stainless Steel Inflated Furnishings and Art.
Sculptor and artist Stephen Newby began working with inflating stainless steel back in 1995. Creating home furnishings and furniture, water fountains, art installations and sculptures with his unique process, he has turned a cold hard material into something that looks organic and inviting. Like glass, blown metal has beautiful transient surface finishes. And, like soft inflatables, it also has limitless shaping and size capabilities. Blown or inflated metal combines all of this with the strength, durability and permanence of metal. Read more
Poison On A Stick. Gangredine Consumptus by Rotganzen.
Gangredine Consumptus, a project by a Rotterdam based artist collective Rotganzen, is a commentary on all the toxins and chemicals we put into our bodies. The words of such lethal poisons as radon, arsenic, benzene and tobacco are cast in translucent colored resin and placed upon wooden sticks so they resemble lollipops (or suckers or lollies, depending upon your country of origin). Read more
Frank Gehry’s Fish Obsession Swims Full Circle.
“The fish is a perfect form.” —Frank Gehry Read more