Amazing Steampunk Coffee Shop in Cape Town, South Africa
The Truth Coffee Shop in Cape Town, South Africa is an amazingly designed steampunk-themed coffee shop created by Heldane Martin who considered the form factor of espresso machines and...
Sculpture
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The Bizarre, Flexible Paper Sculptures of Li Hongbo
What at first look like delicate works of carved porcelain are actually thousands of layers of soft white paper, carved into busts, skulls, and human...
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Extreme Paper Cuts With Artist Peter Callesen
Peter Callesen can turn an ordinary sheet of white paper into a brilliant story. His delicate installations involve the transformation of flat sheets into cut...
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Portraits Emerge from an Incredible Collage of Objects
New York-based artist Michael Mapes continues to expand his portfolio of meticulously assembled artworks made of thousands of collected specimens. Each piece in the artist’s newest and laboriously...
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Japanese Artist Handcrafts Amazing Hair Ornaments That Look Like Delicate Flowers
The Japanese artist Sakae creates hair clips in colorful flower shapes using liquid resin and thread. Sakae calls her craft “dip flower,” which involves sculpting...
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Smashed Cans Sculpted in the Traditional Style of Ming Dynasty Porcelain
Adopting traditional decorative motifs found on Ming Dynasty ceramics, Chinese artist Lei Xue sculpted these humorous smashed aluminum cans that bridge the gap of some...
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Three Large Crocheted Urchins Decorated Singapore For The iLight Marina Bay Festival
As part of the i Light Marina Bay Festival in Singapore, Choi+Shine Architects have designed The Urchins, which were created in response to the festivals theme...
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Melting Ceramics by Livia Marin
When dropping a ceramic plate or cup we’ve all braced for the familiar sound of impact as the object explodes into a multitude of sharp...
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Luminous Glass Blown Jellyfish Appear Suspended in Motion
The jellyfish tank is the first environment I always run to when visiting an aquarium. I’m drawn to the luminous quality of the underwater creatures’...
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Artist Turns Everyday Objects Into Playful Characters
With a creative eye, the casual observer can espy characters or faces in the everyday objects all around us. French artist Gilbert Legrand takes this...
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Realistic Japanese Animal Lollipops That You Can Lick!
These realistic animal artworks by Shinri Tezuka will fool you. At first glance, they might look like they’re only sculptures, but they’re much more than...
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Amazing Sculptures by Ellen Jewett Merge Plant and Animal Life!
Artist Ellen Jewett refers to her sculptural work as “natural history surrealist sculpture,” a blend of plants, animals, and occasionally human-made structures or objects. Her artwork is...
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Nature Contained in Resin Makes For Some Spectacular Handcrafted Jewelry
Nothing can stop you in your tracks as promptly as an amazing piece of jewelry. If it is hand made, even better. This happened to...
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The Matchstickmen by German Artist Wolfgang Stiller
Artist Wolfgang Stiller has pulled one out of the box with these spooky yet spectacular matchstick men. We’re feeling a bit burnt out at the moment,...
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Glass Paintings and Portraits Sliced From a Loaf of Glass Bread
Master glassblower and stained glass artist Loren Stump in California has wowed the internet with an extraordinary display of virtuosity. He created a “loaf” of...
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Silhouettes Cut from Butcher Knives by Li Hongbo
Artist Li Hongbo, whose flexible paper sculptures have amazed us previously, has just created a new series of silhouette artworks as part of a solo show at Contemporary...
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Huge Lion Carved From A Single Tree Trunk Took 20 People 3 Years to Complete
Sculptor Dengding Rui Yao has carved this incredible wooden lion from a single tree trunk. The artist led a team of 20 assistants on a...
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Cai Guo-Qiang at QAGOMA With an Amazing Installation “Falling Back to Earth”
When we last featured Cai Guo-Qiang’s amazing installations (see HERE), it proved to be one of the most popular blogs we’ve ever written. We were...
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A Huge, Bare-Chested Statue Of Jeff Goldblum Just Popped Up In London
Londoners may have gotten a bit of a surprise this morning as giant, bare chested Jeff Goldblum sculpture popped up along the Thames River. The...
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Artist Collects 50,000 Keys Across the Globe for An Exhibition About Memories
Within the 2015 Venice Art Biennale’s Japan Pavilion, artist Chiharu Shiota has amazed visitors with an extraordinarily immersive presentation. Using two boats, vibrant red yarn, a net of interlaced...
