Paper Sculptures by Daniele Papuli
Italian artist Daniele Papuli has been making sculptures with different types of paper materials since 1997. His paper structures and compositions possess a fabric-like quality that allows his work to ripple in the space.
source. Inspir3d
Feature Week: Tuscan Aritists_Andreas Senoner
Artist Andreas Senoner carves wooden sculptures of static front figures, characters really, inspired by sacred carvings of churches.
*Andrea Senoner is not technically a Tuscan artist but he does have a home in Florence, Tuscany and the locals Florentines claim him as one of their own.
Geological Street Art by Paige Smith of A Common Name
The past couple months I have been working on a street art project around the Los Angeles area. Rather than using traditional paint or wheat paste methods in a 2D platform, I’ve been using paper in 3D. These sculptures come in all sizes and fit in the holes of buildings and pipes found while walking around. The finished shapes represent geodes, crystal, quartz, or any mineral formation that you would normally find in nature, now in our planned out cities.
source. Colossal
Portraits Drawn on Vintage Envelopes by Mark Powell
Powell executes each drawing with a standard Bic Biro pen using stamped and faded envelopes that traversed the European postal system more than a century ago. See more of his recent work here.
source. Colossal
How Jumpers are Made
Pringle of Scotland commissioned artist David Shrigley to create this humorous short animated film about life behind-the-scenes at Pringle to celebrate the brands return to Milan Fashion Week.
source. SwissMiss
The Green Carpet in Jaujac France
Citizens of the small French village Jaujac got the VIP treatment this month. To commemorate the 10th anniversary of its art and nature trail programs, the town rolled a green carpet throughout the idyllic village. The path represents a “piece of nature designed to create a communion between nature and man through art.”
The grass carpet spans 1,400 ft. through the old village. Created by Gaëlle Villedary, the project hoped to bring nature into the town. Viewing the pictures, it is nice to see the people of Juajac interacting with the path. The green grass twists and turns through the buildings, bringing the green surroundings into the village that is made up of mostly grey structures.
source. Bangstyle
Sand Paintings by Andres Amador
San Francisco-area landscape artist Andres Amador etches massive sand drawings onto beaches during full moons when his canvas reaches its largest potential. Using only a rake and often several helpers the geometric and organic shapes are slowly carved into the sand, often interacting with the physical topography like the stones in a zen garden. The works exist for only a few moments, just long enough to snap a few photographs before being completely engulfed by the encroaching tide. Amador has also collaborated on a number of killer marriage proposals, the question popped as part of his elaborate drawings viewable from an elevated distance. You can see much more on his website, and he also sells prints. If you liked this, also see the works of Sonja Hinrichsen and Jim Denevan. (architizer, raymond tham, and the artist’s blog)
source. Colossal
A Finger-Painted Mural with Charcoal Dust by Judith Braun
Braun’s work recently exploded in both scale and complexity, shifting from the abstract to the literal in this new mural entitled Diamond Dust. The piece was painted over several days in February in front of a live audience at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia using fingerprints created from the fine powder of ground charcoal. Diamond Dust is on display through June 1.
source. Colossal
Book Sculptures by Su Blackwell
Su Blackwell is a dedicated reader and this is where she gets her inspiration from. She creates imaginative landscapes made of pages, sentences, words of books, telling a story by deconstructing one.
source. Wall to Watch
Dan Witz: Mosh Pits
Look again. These aren’t photographs, oh no. They’re photo-realistic paintings crafted by the deft hand of Dan Witz. Born in Chicago and exhibiting for over two decades, Witz has honed his hyper-detailed style down to something that’s got to be part art, part science. Plus, I bet he’s a bit of a legend at gigs, the one who suspends himself trapeze-style above a writhing crowd, palette and paintbrush in hand.
source. It’s Nice That
When pieces of scrap wood combine, they form Ron van der Ende’s crazy art work (a special tribute to the youngsters growing up in the 90′s). Currently based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, van der Ende creates wall mounted bas-reliefs constructed out of found wood where in which the original color and texture of the wood is kept as is, and used in a mosaic fashion.
source. Empty Kingdom
Double Exposure Series by Pakayla Biehn
Pakayla Biehn is a painter that currently resides in San Francisco. With the growing popularity in digital photography and online communities, the ‘Double Exposure’ a classic technique in photography became the flavor of the year. In collaboration with these well known photographers, Pakayla paints these double exposure effect in a dream-like, photo-realistic way.
source. Empty Kingdom
