Sculpture

October 21, 2019

Artist Hand-Engraves Elaborate Coin with a Mechanical Beating Heart

Hobo nickel is a term used to describe the 18th century sculptural art form of hand-engraving coins, resulting in miniature bas-relief sculptures that you can hold in the palm of your hand. While the ancient art is rarely practised today, Russian artist Roman Booteen keeps the craft alive with his extraordinary coin carving designs.

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October 9, 2019

Interview: Former Boat Builder Translates His Love of the Ocean into Stunning Glass Sculptures

Artist Ben Young began his career as a boatbuilder not knowing that it would eventually inform his work as a glass sculptor. For the past fifteen years, he has honed his craft in a way that pays homage to his vessel-constructing past as well as life growing up in New Zealand's Bay of Plenty. His minimalist aesthetic uses blocks of blue-green glass, concrete, and brass to convey the vast ocean and related man-made elements.

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October 3, 2019

Poignant Sculptures of Weeping Women Embrace the Loss and Ultimate Regeneration of Life

Working in collaboration, artist Stephanie Kilgast and illustrator Miles Johnston have conceptualized a limited edition series of surrealistic sculptures that showcase the tragic beauty found in decomposition. The 12-piece project features sorrowful women as they hold a decaying being in their arms. The kneeling ladies (created with casts by MoonCrane Press) are clad in white and fused with the dripping figures adorned in an array of rainbow hues with fungus-like growths on their bodies.

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September 19, 2019

Spooky Wall Sculptures of Victorian Ghosts Emerging from a Mirror

Inspired by Victorian horror literature, artist Michael Locascio (founder of Della Morte & Co.) has created a series of haunting sculptures. His Ghost in the Mirror comes in two versions, one depicting a female ghost and another featuring a male phantom. In both cases, the cast resin figures emerge from antique mirrors as though floating from the underworld into our space.

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