Sculpture

March 15, 2025

Delicate Paper Sculptures Showcase the Beauty of Nature and Botany [Interview]

Under Ann Wood’s patient hands, paper isn’t as fragile as usual. Instead, it’s magic: it transforms into decadent clusters of blueberries, ornate flower bouquets, and charming toadstool mushrooms. For years, Wood has created dazzling sculptures through Woodlucker, a visual partnership founded in the 1980s with Dean Lucker. Wood’s work primarily revolves around paper and showcases the medium’s endless possibilities through botanical and naturalistic forms, such as flowers, fruits, and, most recently, mushrooms.

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March 2, 2025

Artist Creates Sphere Sculpture Featuring Elaborate Hand-Cut Geometric Pattern

In his influential dialogue The Republic, Plato writes that “geometry will draw the soul toward truth.” It’s a sentiment that’s found expression in architecture, design, and the art of Adam Williamson. Throughout his career, the London-based artist has consistently been guided by geometric principles. Williamson returns, time and again, to meticulous arabesque patterns and organic forms, all locked together in a graceful symmetry.

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February 7, 2025

150-Foot-Long Serpentine Sculpture Celebrates the Year of the Snake at World Trade Center Oculus

It's officially the Year of the Snake, and to celebrate, the World Trade Center Oculus has installed a large sculptural serpent. INFINITE HARMONY is a monumental serpentine structure created by Danielle Chang, founder of LUCKYRICE, internationally renowned artist Warren King, and architects Richard Gluckman and Andrew Weigand. The installation, which spans 150 feet and features augmented reality, will be on view until February 12, 2025.

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January 22, 2025

Daniel Popper’s Evocative Public Sculpture Speaks to Human Relationships and Nature

South African sculptor Daniel Popper has been busy. Over the past 12 months, the artist, known for his monumental public sculptures, has created multiple temporary and permanent installations that play on common themes of nature and human relationships. Popper finished out 2024 with Aeonium, a 16-foot-tall sculpture inspired by the rosette-shaped form of the Aeonium succulent. Installed at EDC Orlando, the sculpture shows a woman covered in succulents.

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