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Tulle Portraits by Benjamin Shine
Instead of painting with paint, British artist Benjamin Shine creates his portraits with tulle -- you know, that netting fabric that you see on various gowns or tutus. Shine takes a single piece of tulle and proceeds to pleat, iron, and manipulate it into these hauntingly realistic portraits full of light, shadow, and dimension.
Tumbleweed 3D Trellis System by h2o architectes
As soon as I hear the word 'tumbleweed' I immediately conjure up an image of a desert with those dry clusters rolling across the landscape and that's exactly the inspiration that h2o architectes had in mind when they developed their Tumbleweed project. Each cardboard component comes as a tetrahedron that you fold and connect together to form a three-dimensional volume. You can then connect as many volumes together based on how you want to use them.
Dusty Diamonds by Anna Elzer Oscarson
Dusty Diamonds is a collection of handmade stoneware with geometric relief patterns made by Swedish ceramicist Anna Elzer Oscarson. The limited edition pieces, like balls with lids, vases, and dishes, feature her signature faceted diamond-like surfaces that are full of dimension.
Glass Prototypes by Daniele Fratarcangeli
Daniele Fratarcangeli is both a sculptor of glass and a teacher teaching his glass skills to others in San Diego, California. Each piece is handblown glass that is then mirrored on the interior to give it the reflective quality. Between the mirroring and the reflective quality of the glass, the pieces shine that much more.
Incredible Salt Installations by Motoi Yamamoto
Japanese artist Motoi Yamamoto creates large-scale installations with the most unlikely medium - salt. When he was in his early 20s, he quit his full-time job to become an artist and a few years later his younger sister lost her battle with brain cancer. Salt is something often associated with rituals at Japanese funerals and this was his way of connecting to memories of her.
Tiger from Hello Wood 2012 Art Camp
Hello Wood is a weeklong art camp in Hungary where 200 young people, led by various architects and designers, come together and create projects for eight different Hungarian communities. The students, with the help of their mentors, come up with ideas based on the socio-economic concerns of these specific regions. The eight projects are then presented to the communities during a party at the week's end.
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Networktopia Glass Sculpture by Kim Harty
Networktopia is a piece that was developed over a two-day period by artist Kim Harty. During the demonstration/performance, she dripped hot glass strings onto a platform and slowly built the glass up into mountain-like sculptures. The topographical piece looks like delicately spun cobwebs of silk or sugar.
Countless Scraps - Amazing Sculpture by Leonardo Drew
Leonardo Drew’s curse-worthy sculpture (It's true! While taking these photographs I heard three different visitors swear in amazement when they entered) is on view at Sikkema Jenkins Gallery in New York. Using thousands of wood scraps, he has assembled multiple towering wall pieces with a monstrous wall that snakes through all four rooms of the gallery.
J Schatz Happening Curtain Captures the Sun
Jim Schatz is back with an indoor/outdoor hanging "curtain" made of translucent porcelain. Called Happening Curtains, these sun-capturing orbs would make a great porch hanging, but could also be used as a room divider, over the inside of a window, or even on a wall as art.
Six: A Series of Vases Inspired by Memories and Loss by Hadar Glick
Recent graduate of Holon Institute of Technology, Israeli designer Hadar Glick created a series of vases that reflect on loss and memories associated with it. Loss translates into every society and to every person and as Glick says, "A loss is always a loss." Nature and flowers often go hand in hand with loss, whether they're displayed at funerals or sent to someone who's lost someone special.
Ceramic Speaks in the Street by Daria Makarenko
"Ceramic Speaks in the Street" is a series of street art by Russian artist Daria Makarenko where missing bricks or stones on a wall or panels absent from pavement are replaced by bricks/stones/slabs with thoughts and phrases. The idea was to take an architectural item from an urban space and replace it with something thought provoking that can communicate between the artist and the viewer.
