Father Sculpts Giant Clay Head of His Daughter
Indonesian artist Eddi Prabandono has created a giant clay sculpture modeled after the head of his 5-year-old daughter, Luz. Tourists walking through Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, will be surprised to see a 4 meter by 4 meter child’s head made of clay, in a 2,5 meters-deep hole in the ground. It’s not exactly […]
Sweet Architecture: The Sugar Cube Sculptures of Brendan Jamison
Brendan Jamison is a young contemporary artist who creates arguably the sweetest sculptures in the world, literally. His designs are top notch, but its the sugar cubes he uses as building material that make his works irresistible. 31-year-old Jamison, from Belfast Northern Ireland, first started using sugar cubes as building blocks for large scale buildings in […]
Italian Artist Recycles Found Objects into Colorful Sculptures
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and the work of Italian artist Dario Tironi is evident proof. While most people look at discarded objects and see only trash, he sees precious materials for his beautiful sculptures. Old toys, discarded computer components, broken calculators, even plastic bottles, they’re all part of Tironi’s recycled universe. […]
China Inaugurates Park Made Entirely Out of Clay
A unique cultural park made entirely out of clay has recently been open to the public, in Tangshan City, China. Featuring rows of houses, busy streets filled with vendors and their carts, high ranking officials and horse-pulled carriages, the park is a reproduction of Zhang Zerui famous scroll painting Riverside Scene during the Qingming Festival. […]
The Money Sculptures of Justine Smith
London based artist Justine Smith makes original sculptures and collages using real banknotes from various countries around the world. From the artist’s website: Paper has always been a primary material in the work of Justine Smith. Her current work is concerned with the concept of money and how it touches almost every aspect of our […]
Artist Builds The Great Wall of Vagina
It’s not as old or as long as the Great Wall of China, but artist Jamie McCartney’s “Great Wall of Vagina” is definitely more shocking. The English sculptor has spent the last five years working on this controversial artwork, casting plaster molds of 400 vulvas of women aged 18 to 76. The models used for […]
Incredible Miniatures Carved from Matchsticks
Artists have been using matchsticks as a medium for their art for a while now. Some use thousands of matches to create amazing wooden models, others use them to create colorful sculptures, or decorate their homes in a unique way, but I’ve never seen detailed matchstick miniature sculptures before. I saw some interesting photos of […]
Chinese Transformers Fan Builds His Own Army of Robots
All geeks love Transformers, but Yang Junlin of Huizhou, China, took his passion for the franchise to a whole other level when he opened the “Legend of Iron” factory and began producing his own robots. Remebre that uber-cool Megatron Tank we featured a few weeks back? That was one of Yang Junlin’s iron masterpieces, but […]
Ripley’s Terminator Sculpture Is a Tribute to Hollywood
Ripley’s Believe It or Not has recently acquired a realistic-looking sculpture of Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator, and it that wasn’t cool enough, it’s covered with some of the most popular film characters created by Tinseltown. Ripley’s has a variety of amazing stuff waiting to be discovered in its Odditoriums, but their newest attraction – […]
Thai Parliament Building Made from 200,000 Food Cans
If you’re a fan of Canstruction art, you’re going to love this – a group of Thai students have built a replica of the new Thai Parliament building using around 200,000 food cans. The event took place during the “Health Food and Ingredients Thailand 2011” exhibition and, as you can imagine, grabbed a lot of […]
Chicken Made of Eggshells Tries to Answer What Came First
Using eggshells of different shades and tones, British artist Kyle Bean has managed to create an impressive sculpture of a chicken. We’ve recently covered Kyle’s intricate matchstick insects, and mentioned that although he only graduated from art school two years ago, he’s a fast rising star of the art world, one who already has an […]
Beautiful Scotch Tape Sculptures at Off the Roll 2011
“Off the Roll” is a yearly tape sculpture contest that challenges people to create the best artworks they can by using only Scotch tape. I never knew it was possible to create sculptures out of Scotch tape alone, but after seeing some of the things people made for the Off the Roll contest, I started […]
The Upcycled Robotic Wonders of Ann P. Smith
Ann P. Smith is a famous American artist who uses broken electronics and machine parts to create unique robotic sculptures. A resident of Providence, Rhode Island, Ann P. Smith graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design, where she first got the inspiration for her unique art. She had received an assignment to create a […]
The Dried Citrus Sculptures of Daniel Watson
They say idle hands are the devil’s workshop, so inmate Daniel Watson tries to keep busy by creating these beautiful sculptures out of dried citrus. I stumbled across Daniel Watson’s unique creations while reading Accidental Mysteries (the coolest outsider art blog I know) and they immediately caught my eye. They may look like ancient artifacts, […]
The Mechanical Animals of Chris Cole
American artist Chris Cole uses scrap metal parts to explore the border between nature and industry, by creating unique mechanical creatures. As a young boy, Chris grew up in the American Northwest, surrounded by an abundance of wildlife that later influenced his art. At the same time, he always had a passion for all things […]