Object sculpture

Design Problem: Take an existing 3D object + give it a new identity or message by resurfacing the form with other smaller materials. 3D O...

Found Object Sculptures for an Upcoming Show In Hockessin on Feb. 25th

I remake household items from found & recycled papers, giving new life to items that would otherwise be thrown away. My workshop & gallery space is www.unittwelve.co.uk

Artist Glen Taylor (previously) solders ridges of metal to porcelain fragments, completing a halved teacup or broken saucer with a range of unusual materials: barbed wire, tarnished silverware, old book pages, and multicolored twine form a portion of the household objects. Each intervention contrasts the pristine, delicate qualities of the porcelain with the visible rust,Continue reading "Barbed Wire, Rusty Knives, and Found Objects Mend Artist Glen Taylor’s Broken Porcelain"

Chinese artist Mu Boyan creates photorealistic sculptures of obese nude men in bizarre situations. Whether folded over a wall or hanging off a tree, the men in his pieces always seem to have an endearing quality about them. According to Juxtapoz Magazine, Boyan was born in Shandong Province in China and studied at the Central […]

Sculptor Tung Ming-Chin carves wood into figurative shapes that seem to press against the surface of the finished work. In “Inner Turmoil” a face and hands are trapped inside a hunk of wood that has the smooth, stretched appearance of fabric, and in “Breath”, the rounded spine and feet of a crouched figure expand outsideContinue reading "Objects and Figures Trapped Within Carved Wood Sculptures by Tung Ming-Chin"

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In The Netherlands in the 17th Century, a Golden Age was in full swing. The economy of the Dutch Republic, as it was then known, was flourishing as Antwerp and other ports became important hubs for the commercial shipping trade, importing and exporting textiles, spices, and metals, and the cities’ populations swelled. Elaborately detailed oilContinue reading "Gleaming Sculptures by Ann Carrington Examine the Underbelly of Historical Extravagance"

Mixed media and installation artist Peter McFarlane has spent his life turning found objects, computer waste and other discarded materials into sculptures, installations, and even the backdrops of paintings. Of his work McFarlane says: To me, waste is just lack of imagination. This belief carries beyond the boundaries of my art production and permeates mostContinue reading "Circuit Board Fossils, Paintings and Other Found Object Sculptures by Peter McFarlane"