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DECEMBER 23, 2020

“Bridesmaid Returns to the Shore of Her Full Moon” (2019), glass and mixed media, 23 x 22 x 9.5. Delicate baubles frame a central figure or scene that the Philadelphia-based artist illustrates with scraps of pressed glass. Until then, explore more of her textured sculptures on her site and Instagram.

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Design Milk

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Through these less-than-perfect qualities, he’s able to turn what was once considered flawed into gallery-worthy sculptures. Appiagyei embraces the individually of each piece in his practice, exploring its rawness and texture. All of these elements and more come together to push the artist forward in his creative journey.

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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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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

From fallen trees, planks, and old furniture, Efraïm Rodríguez carves vivid sculptures that evoke the imaginative and playful daydreams of childhood. The Barcelona-based artist highlights the texture of the organic material, creating life-sized figures donning garments of veneered wood or whose bodies mimic the toys they stack.

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Design Milk

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Joost x Ice Carpet: Sketch Carpet, 2014, Sketch Carpet, 2020, Sketch Stool, 2019 Photo: Katie Treggiden Joost’s Sketch Collection , pictured above on the Sketch Carpet, was inspired by his knowledge and passion for abstract expressionist paintings.

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Design Milk

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In 2016, his 35-foot towers of fluorescent-colored boulders landed in the Las Vegas desert, and now this month at Gladstone Gallery in New York, Ugo Rondinone debuts his newest astounding sculptures : 3 solid “lightning strikes” made from bright yellow painted bronze, each reaching over 20 feet tall. Ugo Rondinone: bright light shining.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

“Dendrite” (2019), Q-tips and plaster. Montana-born artist Jessica Drenk ( previously ) employs simple materials, like shopping flyers and standard No. 2 pencils, to create organic sculptures that are chaotic and arresting explorations of the substances themselves. “Dendrite” (2019), Q-tips and plaster.

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Textures Sculpture Artist Gallery 99

Design You Trust

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Markus Kanzler, the face behind Marterium, is an artist from Germany who is deeply passionate about the exploration of form and color. The tools to create digital art are ever evolving and every year, the brushes of a digital artist get an update – that’s the most exciting thing for him.

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DECEMBER 15, 2020

From her Baltimore studio, Israeli artist Zemer Peled ( previously ) sculpts countless spikes and oblongs into densely textured artworks. Other sculptures depict oversized blooms with the firm, pointed edges of each shard directly contrasting the soft and fleshy petals found in nature. . “After the Bloom”

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MARCH 2, 2022

Based in Toronto, the artist has created a body of work that’s broad in medium and subject matter, ranging from small sculptures installed in circular formations to bulbous paper lanterns with rotating parts. The texture is enhanced, the artist shares, to mimic concentric tree rings and prompt questions of aging and time.

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OCTOBER 25, 2019

Using a range of contemporary and historic materials and visual motifs, ranging from bright red glitter to greyscale photos of classical sculptures, Goodman builds powerful protagonists from disparate materials. Elongated torsos are with clipped vintage photos, contemporary model shots, and even sculptures and paintings.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Photos by Shiinoki Shunsuke / AMKK On a frozen lake in the Notsuke Peninsula, a tendril of land that juts out from Hokkaido’s east coast, acclaimed floral artist Azuma Makoto ( previously ) has constructed the third botanical sculpture in an ongoing series called Frozen Flowers.

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Design Milk

APRIL 14, 2023

Samir Sayegh Samir Sayegh is an incredible artist whose body of work in modernizing the Arabic script spans decades. Samir is one of those artists who are ahead of their time, and I do hope one day that I would get to see a retrospective of his work, hopefully soon, in one of the design museums in London. Photo: Samar Maakaroun 5.

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Design Milk

MAY 10, 2024

A five-year stint as a multidisciplinary stylist enhanced the Amsterdam-based artist’s sensitivity to colors, lines, and images, giving way to unexpected set compositions and aesthetic visuals. For a while now, I’ve been obsessed with large rings, sculptural earrings, vintage brooches, pearls, and more.

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MARCH 7, 2022

Along with delicate flowers in porcelain, Berlin-based artist Angelika Arendt applies minuscule orbs, dots, and thin, curved lines to her meticulously textured sculptures. “Apollon” (2019), ceramic, 72 x 41 x 41 centimeters. “Apollon” (2019), ceramic, 72 x 41 x 41 centimeters.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2021

In Ilhwa Kim ’s sculptural landscapes, innumerable paper seeds form precise rows, indented pockets of densely packed folds, and multi-color valleys that wind through the feet-wide works. “ This working process gives big freedom to make meaningful changes even when very close to the final stage,” the artist shares.

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Sculpture Gallery Textures Artist 101

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OCTOBER 12, 2022

Images courtesy of the artist, shared with permission. Echoing coral, cells, and the contours of the female body, Ghizlane Sahli stitches sculptural embroideries that curve and arch in shapely forms. For more of the artist’s textile-based work, visit her site and Instagram. Right: “HTV005” (2019).

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Sculpture Artist Gallery Textures 101

Creative Review

AUGUST 17, 2020

Selfridges is well known for its artistic collaborations. Each year, the brand enlists a wide range of artists, designers, photographers and creatives to work on campaigns and in-store experiences – from pop-ups to installations and exhibitions. A post shared by Selfridges (@theofficialselfridges) on Oct 16, 2019 at 11:34am PDT.

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JUNE 7, 2021

Thin ribbons of porcelain ripple across the surfaces of Alice Walton ’s abstract sculptures. Gently sloped domes and pillars are covered in countless individual strips, which vary in thickness and length and add irregular texture and depth to the finished pieces. Until then, explore more of her sculptures on her site and Instagram.

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JUNE 9, 2020

Madrid-based artist Antonio Santín paints hyperrealistic depictions of ornate rugs that appear to billow and crease on the feet-long canvases. Later, I apply a dark oil paint glazing, which not only produces the chiaroscuro that creates the trompe l’oeil, it also serves as a patina that highlights all the sculptural relief in the painting.

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Artist Sculpture Textures Patterns 101

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MAY 28, 2021

“Paint Can 8” (2019), ceramic, glaze, glass fragments, 12 × 12 × 11 inches. Bulging hunks of glaze and smooth, speckled drips flow from Brian Rochefort ’s chunky ceramic sculptures. Rochefort’s sculptures are on view at Blum & Poe in Los Angeles through June 26, and you can follow his drippy works on Instagram.

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MAY 12, 2022

Disasters like this are becoming more frequent as the climate crisis intensifies, prompting artists like Christine and Margaret Wertheim to respond with striking displays of what could be permanently lost. and will be on view at the Museum Frieder Burda until June 26.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Italian artist Massimiliano Pelletti ( previously ) gravitates toward imperfection, and his practice revolves around transforming presumed defects like impurities, cracks, or chips into elegantly carved figures. Photo by Nicola Gnesi, courtesy of Massimiliano Pelletti and Bowman Sculpture, London.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

“Coral Royal” (2019), epoxy clay, acrylics on tin can, 14 x 15 x 11 centimeters. Artist Stéphanie Kilgast ( previously ) envisions a vibrant, post-apocalyptic world overgrown with coral, fungi, and lush moss. Bottom right: “Mojito” (2019), poxy clay, polymer clay, acrylics on tin can, 17 x 17 x 7 centimeters.

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Sculpture Manufacturing Gallery Exhibition 101

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The artist dyes the porous material with natural substances like indigo and Maclura tinctoria (mulberry), which creates organic gradients and alters its texture. “The Dragonflies’ Third Leg” (2019), Maclura tinctoria, on folded cotton and paper, 40 x 50 centimeters.

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Azure Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2020

With a striking, seemingly folding canopy that soars to almost 40 metres (intended to house large-scale commissioned sculptures and installations by contemporary artists), the Foster + Partners building will also frame equally dramatic views toward the Grand River beyond.

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Design Week

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

“Pop gothic” colour gradients and dusty textures have been employed to tell the story of particles. In mid-2019 Odds, who also works on independent work as well as being a senior designer for Hugo & Marie in New York, began working with Icelandic indie band Hjaltalín on the creative direction of its fourth album.

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APRIL 10, 2020

“Draco” (2019), paper, wood, LEDs, 40 x 72 x 3 inches. San Francisco-based artist Zai Divecha fashions countless pleats, creases, and flaps for her monochromatic paper sculptures. “The all-white palette allows me to create pattern and texture with just light and shadow alone, which feels soothing to me.

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Textures Sculpture Manufacturing Artist 101

Creative Boom

JUNE 13, 2022

All images courtesy of the artist. Visual artist Abigail Reynolds has transformed the beach near her St Ives studio into beautiful glass sculptures using traditional methods and raw materials, including sand and kelp. Those looking to try glass-making after seeing Abigail's sculptures should be aware of its challenges.

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JUNE 5, 2023

Image courtesy of the artist and Deli Gallery. Color played an important role in confronting these worries, and the inclusion of black, white, and grays became the artist’s opportunity to consider her own predilections. “Existing with the moon under our feet” (2022), installation at Deli Gallery, New York, NY.

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Azure Magazine

JULY 1, 2020

Though a number of celebrated ceramic artists have made their mark working out of the Matchbox Studios in Rankin Inlet (also known as Kangiqliniq in Inuktitut), Pierre Aupilardjuk is undoubtedly one of the leading and most unique voices practicing in the remote Nunavut community today. Pierre Aupilardjuk, Nunavut.

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Azure Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The fruitful exchange of ideas, methodologies, and expertise that play out at this collaborative haven were demonstrated here in pieces like Juli Bolaños-Durman ’s collection of Spirited Waste sculptures (created from discarded materials sourced onsite) and Michael Schoner ’s Wobbly cutlery. The concept behind the show dates back to 2019.

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Azure Magazine

MARCH 2, 2023

This deference to trees — their location, their foundations, the colour and texture of their woody flesh — may seem eccentric, but Ahn insists that, among architects, it should be common sense. LGA was able to introduce a sense of scale and texture inside the Meaford Library by playing with ceiling heights and angles. But Building K.118

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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. “Vena #3” (2019), porcelain paperclay and glaze, 19.5 × 11 ×10.5 Photo by Guy Nicol. Photo by Guy Nicol.

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OCTOBER 20, 2019

Lament (We thought the good times would never end) (2019), birch wood toothpicks, polyurethane sealant, ripstop fabric, board. South African artist Chris Soal combines concrete and other industrial materials with found objects such as toothpicks and bottle caps to create conceptual sculptures. Photograph: the artist.

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