June 13, 2014
3D Wire Bird Sculptures Look Incredibly Like 2D Drawings
UK-based artist Celia Smith uses wire as a way to form her delicate-yet-energetic sculptures of birds. She gathers and twists the thin coils into wings, beaks, and flight patterns, crafting individual portraits of fowl as well as entire flocks. At first glance, their gestural, dynamic contours take on the appearance of a spontaneous pen sketch rather than a three-dimensional object.
