Colossal

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Vine-like colorful coils of material overlap in Claire Lindner ’s latest sculpture collection, which blurs the line between organic and human-made forms. ” She creates tensions between aesthetics and textures, including soft and hard, light and heavy, and attractive and repulsive. via Ceramics Now ).

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Colossal

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

” The resulting forms are evocative of both flora and fauna and traditional pottery, although Long’s sculptures emphasize smooth, sinuous walls and squiggly bases rather than angled edges. Whether a vase or wide-mouthed jar, the whimsical sculptures are brimming with color and textured details.

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Design Milk

MAY 8, 2024

After resting a bit from our whirlwind visit to Milan Design Week 2024 , we’ve picked 11 of our favorite designers to watch, installations that made us think, and pieces we’d love to own from the hundreds of exhibitions, installations, pop-ups, and galleries spread across the city.

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Colossal

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

All images © Carol Long, shared with permission Midwestern flora and fauna are the foundation for Carol Long ’s lavishly adorned sculptures, which elegantly meld Art Nouveau embellishments with natural motifs. Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month.

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Azure Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Today, the metropolis is also an anchor for diverse creative scenes, ranging from architecture and urban design to abstract art and artisanal crafts. Originally staged during Milan Design Week, this thematic group exhibition was presented at Prague Castle’s Ballroom and will continue to The Moravian Gallery in Brno later this fall.

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Colossal

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The sweet and the sinister commingle in Rebecca Stevenson ‘s wax sculptures that depict humans and animals bursting open to reveal flowers and fruits. To create her sculptures, Stevenson starts by modeling the animal or figure in clay, and then moulds and casts the model with layered resin and wax. Photographs: Marianne Wie.

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Inkbot Design

JANUARY 9, 2024

Here are the top picks in this category: Art and Design Books From modern to contemporary works, art books give designers eye candy to admire and draw ideas from. Some examples: Taschen’s The Art Book : A visual dictionary covering 500 influential artists and their most famous pieces from medieval times to today. $14.49

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Inkbot Design

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Or try stacking words vertically or at angles—overlay type on imagery or textures. 17 – Sculptural Signs Most business signage sits flat against buildings. But you can create more intrigue with 3D sculptural signs that add artistic flair. Or go all out with large kinetic sculptures doubling as signs.

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Colossal

JULY 27, 2021

Pastoral landscapes and quiet domestic scenes stitched into vintage textiles envelop Ulla-Stina Wikander ’s needlepoint sculptures. Splitting her time between Stockholm and Kullavik, Wikander shares that she’s started to work with sports equipment and more elaborate tools, which you can see on Instagram.

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Colossal

JULY 11, 2022

The heavily patterned works, which have shifted from functional to decorative, are made by hand-knotting wool and layering the yarn into lush, textured motifs. Huotari begins every work with a color palette and surface, whether in the form of a wall-based piece or a freestanding sculpture.

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Colossal

DECEMBER 29, 2019

Japanese artist En Iwamura creates large ceramic sculptures of heads with minimalist facial features. Born in Kyoto to artist parents, Iwamura studied at Kanazawa College of Craft and Art where he earned MFA and BFA in Crafts/Ceramics. All images © En Iwamura.

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Design Milk

APRIL 1, 2022

It can be a new restaurant, a shop, gallery, graffiti on the street, or just textures and surfaces I discover along the way. For years growing up I was drawn to art, design, architecture, and craft. There was sculpture and performance, painting and architecture, textiles, furniture, and lighting. The Bauhaus.

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Colossal

MAY 16, 2023

All images © Oliver Chalk, shared with permission Hewn from solid hunks of found timber, Oliver Chalk ’s vessels ( previously ) embrace the natural grain and gradients of different types of wood to reveal voluminous functional sculptures. Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month.

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Azure Magazine

MAY 20, 2022

We walked the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) and WantedDesign Manhattan from end to end, stopped into dozens of showrooms in SoHo and Tribeca and saw everything from a shade made out of eggshells to a hug machine designed by a group of students from New York’s School of Visual Arts. It’s set to launch in 2023. Eric Mutrie.

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Colossal

MAY 12, 2022

More than 40,000 of the oceanic works are now on view at the Museum Frieder Burda in Baden-Baden, transforming the gallery into textured ecosystems resting atop pillars and protected in glass cases. Photo courtesy of LUAG by Stephanie Veto.

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Design Milk

MAY 10, 2024

Facilitating this material communion is New York- and San Francisco-based interdisciplinary design studio Office of Tangible Space (OTS) whose first solo show, No Discipline , is proudly presented by the TriBeCa-headquartered gallery VERSO.

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Colossal

APRIL 7, 2022

At once malleable in material and secure in shape, the vessels that comprise Suzanne Shafer-Wilson ’s body of work are intricate studies of texture, pattern, and space. If you’re in Chicago, you can see some of Shafer-Wilson’s sculptures at Vale Craft Gallery.

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Colossal

MAY 28, 2021

Bulging hunks of glaze and smooth, speckled drips flow from Brian Rochefort ’s chunky ceramic sculptures. The final assemblages are literally overflowing with speckles, gloopy lumps, and delicately cracked patches all layered in a kaleidoscope of color and texture.

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Colossal

JUNE 5, 2023

“Existing with the moon under our feet” (2022), installation at Deli Gallery, New York, NY. Image courtesy of the artist and Deli Gallery. ” “A resilience of things not seen” (2022), installation at John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

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Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 2, 2022

When viewed together, the designs that left the strongest impression on us over the past 12 months offer unexpected insights into the colours, textures, and shapes of the moment. Luxe textures. What better way to immerse museum-goers in the world of Etruscan art than to recreate the subterranean tombs of that civilization?

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Colossal

JANUARY 31, 2024

Using textiles gathered from discount stores, resale shops, and friends, Capron stitches stylized figures whose bodies emerge from entangled clusters of limbs or coquettishly pose against the gallery wall, inviting each viewer with a flirty smile. Form and material dovetail, emphasizing the artist’s interest in change and regeneration.

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Azure Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Among the major themes of LDF 2023 was an emphasis on sustainability (expressed through alternative materials and processes); the rise of more collaborative, cross-cultural approaches to design; and a resurgence of craft production techniques like weaving. Gallery) has earned a devoted following for its curation.

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Azure Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Behind a tangle of streetcar wires, the long, swooping contour of Frank Gehry’s deft reinvention of the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) unfolds to the west, while the avant-garde modernism of Will Alsop’s Sharp Centre for Design floats like an otherworldly presence overhead. At the heart of the tapestry?

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Colossal

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

South Korean artist Ilhwa Kim describes her meditative sculptural works as analogous to living architecture, “a live plant or the tree in (an) urban or natural space.” “But I’d like my works to have a far stronger life presence in the physical surroundings as a sculpture.” Seedsystem detail.

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Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 3, 2021

At the chain’s new Brooklyn outpost , the ethos evolves to encompass art, with a public gallery (devoted to local talent) seamlessly added to the mix. Combining a bar, art display spaces and a diverse array cafe-style seating, the room is a welcoming public hearth. It’s a multi-tiered feast — and a space to savour.

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Azure Magazine

JULY 1, 2020

In addition to these storied vessels, which range vastly in scale, he also relays more personal experiences in his sculptural works. The dark tone and texture of the façade is upended upon entry: the interiors, gleaming white, make this laneway house feel dreamy and expansive. Campos Studio, British Columbia.

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Colossal

MARCH 9, 2022

At once rigidly skeletal and imbued with rhythmic movement, the porcelain sculptures that comprise Shiyuan Xu ’s Growth series are intricate recreations of single-celled organisms, molecules, and other micro lifeforms. “Hybrid #1” (2021), colored porcelain paperclay and glaze, 20 × 7 × 18.5 Photo by Guy Nicol. Photo by Guy Nicol.

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Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Here’s the inside scoop: whether through colour, material or form, each of the best interior design projects of 2023 managed to craft an unforgettable sense of place. The interior is one of seeming contradictions — it feels both intimate and grand, sculptural and experimental, yet classic.

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Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Their sculptural form and imposing scale suggest a labyrinth as envisioned by Henry Moore, but Cloud Garden, as the design is known, was created entirely with small fry in mind, its arches and cutouts tailor-made for scrambling under, climbing over and gamboling through. Gallery at Sketch by India Mahdavi, 2014.

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UX Collective

MARCH 30, 2023

We talked for hours, and he introduced me to his friend who owned a small gallery downtown. They offered me a chance to showcase my art, and it was the opportunity I’d been dreaming of. I’ve been drawn to art for as long as I can remember. Growing up, I was inspired by various artists and art styles.

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High on Design by Wix

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

This online portfolio is also the place for you to craft the story behind your personal practice, shaping its narrative in your own words, colors, and style. Isabelle’s illustrator website includes an art portfolio that showcases her works in a long scroll format. Miranda Sofroniou. Naomi Wilkinson.

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