Art

March 14, 2016

Floral Human Figures Digitally Bloom From Dried Flowers That Have Been 3D Scanned

Artist Jean-Michel Bihorel uses real dried blooms to create a stunning digital series called Flower Figures. The French creative says that this project is “a bit more experimental than what I usually do,” as his work typically features characters with a cartoonish look and feel. Here, he's utilized 3D scanning technology to capture a bunch of dried white hydrangeas that were then multiplied and modeled over a female form.

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March 13, 2016

Sinuous Animal Sculptures Made Out of Foraged Wood and Metal Scraps

Jason Waldron integrates a deep appreciation for wildlife and nature into his weathered wooden sculptures. Built using materials found scattered around his home in Central Oregon, Waldron recycles bits of wood and metal parts into creative, free flowing arrangements. Waldron believes that art is first and foremost a reflection of the artist, and thus uses his sculptures to represent personal and spiritual transformations within himself.

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March 12, 2016

Andrew Salgado’s Intense Eye Paintings Extract Order from Chaotic Colors and Forms

Andrew Salgado continues to develop his artistic talents, effortlessly producing multi-faceted, vibrant paintings on a regular basis. He has a unique eye for blending unexpected splashes of colour with reduced forms to create a relationship between his audience and painted models. With bold brush strokes and geometric shapes, Salgado extracts order from chaos to create his characteristic, emotionally charged portraits. Salgado's painted eyes impress an awareness of the infinite.

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March 11, 2016

Mesmerizing Pottery Technique Suddenly Transforms a Drop of Liquid into a Blooming Tree

Ceramic artist Kevin Kowalski creates bold surface designs on clay that transform right in front of your eyes. Using a mesmerizing pottery technique called mocha diffusion, he dots wet clay with an innocuous brown mixture that reacts to the surface in an unexpected way–a single drop suddenly blooms into an organic, tree-like pattern that visually fractures the once-smooth exterior. Mocha diffusion is the result of a chemical reaction taking place.

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