Tweet If you think that pencil is a tool for drawing, painting or writing notes – you’re wrong! 45-year-old carpenter, Dalton J. Paul Getty for 25 years turns ordinary pencils into incredible miniature sculptures. Without using a magnifying glass. “When I was a schoolboy, – says the master, – I made gifts to my friends,…
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Post-It Structure by Yo Shimada
Tweet Yo Shimada of Tato Architects joined forces with students of Kyoto University of Art and Design to create this installation: Post-it Structures. Post-it Structures is in exhibition at the gallery Artzone in Kyoto, and features about 30 thousand post-its in bright colors, all sticked together to create wall-like structures through the gallery. …
Giant ‘Mermaid’ Sculpture by Oliver Voss
Tweet A man in a rowing boat floats near a ‘mermaid’ sculpture created by Oliver Voss on Alster lake in Hamburg in the late evening August 3, 2011. The four-metre-high sculpture dubbed “Riesen-Nixe” (grand mermaid) or “Badenixe” (bathing beauty) will be on display until August 12. This sculpture attracts lots of…
Paper Shadowbox Sculptures
Tweet Originally trained as an architect, US-based artist Christina Lihan creates elaborate paper relief sculptures, mounted in shadowboxes and ranging from two to six inches deep. as subjects she has taken buildings ranging from the eiffel tower and taj mahal to private residences and american cities.