Photography
July 24, 2014

Surreal Dream Worlds Come Alive in Imaginative Photo Series

Michigan-based conceptual photographer Logan Zillmer creates visual dreams through his inventive photography. In each composition, the artist's imagination comes alive through layers of colors, textures, and filters that produce unique effects through digital manipulation. Nothing is what it seems in the collection of surreal photography, where the world becomes a playground of unexpected surprises.

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Art
July 20, 2014

Striking Ceramic Sculptures of Human-Animal Hybrids Explore Relationship Between People and Nature

California-based artist Crystal Morey explores the relationship between humans and nature with her intriguing ceramic sculptures of people encased in animals. Using delicate and emotive gesture, rich texture, and subdued tones, Morey carefully molds the figurative sculptures from clay, creating pieces that are both striking and thought-provoking. With meditative poses and expressions, the hybrid figures contemplate the unknown future of the Earth and the impact of humans on the natural world.

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Art
July 17, 2014

Incredibly Dynamic Steel Wire Fairy Sculptures Dance in the Wind

UK-based artist Robin Wight uses stainless steel wire to form stunning, dramatic sculptures of winged fairies dancing in the wind. The enchanting forms, which range in size from miniature to life-sized, seem to have a life of their own as they strike dynamic poses, contort their bodies, and hold onto windswept dandelions. To construct his ethereal sculptures, Wight first builds a sturdy skeleton out of thick steel wire.

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