Colossal

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

A former product designer turned bead artist, Jan Huling begins each sculpture with a blank form in the shape of a miniature horse, giant praying mantis, and eager monkey perched on a box. “Hero” (2019), 27 x 22 x 8 inches. All images © Jan Huling, shared with permission.

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Sculpture Color Animation Gallery 87

Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Hanging Decorations by Wrap and various artists Don't feed the Amazon beast! And now we're back for 2023 with another bumper crop of amazing gift ideas from independent artists and shops. We've got a selection of quirky and beautiful gift ideas that will raise your present-buying above the generic and propel your imagination.

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Colossal

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

From her studio in rural Kansas, the artist throws simple ceramic cylinders that she contorts into supple butterfly wings, curved chrysalises, or vases with embellished handles.“When Whether a vase or wide-mouthed jar, the whimsical sculptures are brimming with color and textured details.

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Sculpture Artist Color Vectors 82

Design Milk

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Photo: Courtesy Mennour Gallery Prismes et miroirs: Haut-relief-DBPF by Daniel Buren Conceptual artist Daniel Buren is known for his minimalist mirror motifs. The artist assembled and reworked various pieces together to make the bird house look like a natural form, then beautifully embellished the piece in an ultramarine blue hue.

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Arts and Crafts Art Sculpture Gallery 112

Design Milk

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

This month in New York, artist Antonio Santín presents shockingly hyperreal oil paintings that depict life-size undulating ornate rugs. Thousands of paint dots mimic the warp and weave of intricate patterns while longer extrusions of paint perfectly impersonate knots and fringes on each side. Detail photographs by David Behringer.

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Colossal

MARCH 29, 2021

These towering sculptural forms are by artist Debbie Lawson ( previously ), who crafts animals that are cloaked in sweeping Persian rugs. A new menagerie of polar bears, stags, and kangaroos resemble typical wildlife except for the fact that they’re literally swept under the carpet, their features hidden from view.

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Sculpture Animation Textures Patterns 99

Colossal

APRIL 28, 2023

Paul-based artist Liz Sexton gives the simile new meaning with recent marine-themed additions to her ongoing papier-mâché masks series, highlighting the distinctive faces of familiar creatures like walruses, manatees, and polar bears that find themselves out and about on dry land. Do stories and artists like this matter to you?

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Animation Sculpture Artist Exhibition 97

Colossal

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

All images © Marianne Eriksen Scott-Hansen, shared with permission Enormous blooms crafted from thousands of sheets of creased, textured, and twisted paper explode in Marianne Eriksen Scott-Hansen ’s vibrant installations. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? You can explore more work on Instagram.

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Arts and Crafts Sculpture Gallery Textures 90

Colossal

JANUARY 12, 2023

Exemplifying the possibilities of combining humble materials with a good dose of resourcefulness, Ann Weber ’s monumental sculptures find their beginnings in discarded cardboard boxes. She then applies layers of strips cut from other boxes and staples them into place in a repetitive, textured pattern. Photo by Ray Carofano.

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Sculpture Gallery Artist Exhibition 75

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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Sculpture Textures Artist Inspiration 98

Creative Boom

MARCH 10, 2022

He is also an avid collector of large-scale art, and his plans for a sculpture trail across the estate really appealed to our fundamental belief in the need for places to have culture at their heart.". There's a particular smell, a particular colour to the low glancing light and a particular texture to the stone.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Contemporary London-based artist Ant Hamlyn has explored the rich history and symbolism surrounding flowers in his latest exhibition, Love, Death & Velvet , where floral fabric sculptures are pressed underneath giant slabs of perspex. Made in himself in his studio, Ant describes the sculptures as a real labour of love.

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Colossal

MAY 17, 2022

From floral Soundsuits and found-object sculptures to a multicolor web of millions of pony beads, Forothermore surveys the 30-plus-year career of artist Nick Cave. You can read the full interview with Cave here , and find more from the artist on Instagram. Soundsuits.

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Azure Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Take her Bubbly series, a soap bubble- and botryoidal hematite-inspired collection that explores naturally occurring attractions and cluster patterns to stunning effect. For the Pilar lighting series collaboration both Fiore and Li were informed by the “quiet strength” of the Endless Column by Romanian sculptor and artist Constantin Brâncusi.

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Sculpture Arts and Crafts Artist Textures 81

Design Milk

JUNE 15, 2021

San Francisco-based Zai Divecha is an artist transforming plain white paper into geometric works made by repetitive folds and pleats. She makes the intricate works by folding or pleating paper to form patterns of light and shadow. Zai Divecha working in studio. I landed somewhere in between the small and medium versions.

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Sculpture Patterns Layout Textures 101

Azure Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Now, the studio offers textural and emotive hand-thrown objects, inspired by nature and embodying both tangible and visceral memories. With the launch of her debut homewares collection, the artist moves into a more conventional and readily available territory.

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Design Milk

MAY 26, 2021

Created by a small group of innovative female artists, Saturday Green is a collaborative collection of throw blankets that we think you’ll love as much as you love the weekends. The collection is bold and punchy, full of colors and modern patterns that you’ll be hard pressed to find anywhere else (and we know, we’ve looked).

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Patterns Artist Sculpture Textures 78

Design Milk

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The Nick Cave Collection celebrates the American artist and educator’s creative process with four upholsteries, three draperies, and three wallcoverings. Consumers get to decide what’s next – always Cave’s biggest question – what’s created with these patterned textiles? Guise inspiration. Doily inspiration.

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Digital Printing Patterns Textures Color 93

Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

But during the reign of Queen Victoria, jelly was serious business, as artist Florence Houston brings to life in her forthcoming exhibition. We're talking about huge wobbling, artisanal jelly sculptures used as centrepieces on a table, from grand home meals to opulent royal banquets. Nowadays, it's just a fun treat for kids.

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Creative Market

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Trends give us a hint of the underlying patterns inspiring creative professionals around the globe. Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures come to life surrounded by whimsical gradients and botanical motifs. As commercial space flights become a reality, many artists on Earth indulge in Galactic Escapism as a theme. Fresh Antique.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 3, 2023

Her frequent reference to other designers and artists across different disciplines shows a breadth of knowledge that allows her own work to be diverse, varied and inspired, keeping the brands she works on alive and responsive to changing needs and trends. I love well-cut, comfortable clothes but they are so hard to find.

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Colossal

OCTOBER 22, 2020

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. “Dendrite” (2019), Q-tips and plaster.

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Textures Sculpture Artist Gallery 98

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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Patterns Sculpture Textures Gallery 83

Colossal

JUNE 29, 2023

.” All images © Dan Lam, courtesy of Chefas Projects, shared with permission Oozing over the edges of shelves and dolloping tendrils across flat surfaces, Dan Lam ’s vibrant sculptures ( previously ) play with form and space. She continues to play with new shapes, sizes, and patterns.

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Sculpture Textures Artist Exhibition 76

Colossal

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Two new site-specific pieces by Courtney Mattison ( previously ) position ceramic sculptures of corals, sponges, and anemones in a swirling cluster of ocean diversity. You explore a larger archive of the artist’s marine works on Behance and her site.

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Sculpture Travel Exhibition Textures 81

Colossal

MARCH 27, 2023

” Baek’s pieces incorporate colors in gradients or patterns onto textured surfaces that show where she has rhythmically pushed and formed and the clay with her fingers, emphasizing the connection between maker and object. . “Even though I do it a lot, I still find it very intriguing and mysterious.”

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Colossal

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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Design Milk

JULY 15, 2022

A standout in award-winning artist Harry Allen’s famed REALITY series, the Reality Bank in the Form of a Pig turns the traditional piggy bank shape on its head. It’s made by casting polyester resins in highly detailed silicone molds to achieve a sculptural, real life (and true to size!) Shop Now >> 3.

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Sculpture Color Artist Textures 96

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. The Illinois-based artist loops and twists lengths of wire into intricate baskets that range in size from 20 inches tall to the width of a fingertip.

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Patterns Artist Sculpture Gallery 72

Design Milk

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The longer the wearing time, the richer the texture will be.” ” Helsinki-based artist and designer Priss Niinikoski has a background in fashion and textiles but has shifted her focus to explore sculpture, three-dimensional textiles, and spatial design.

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Design Milk

APRIL 28, 2022

In 1928, iconic French artist Yves Klein was born in Nice. The leader of the Nouveau Réalisme art movement and a pioneer of minimalism and performance art, Klein’s work transcended traditional forms of artistic expression, capturing feelings over form. Small Summer In Lago Di Garda Candle in Indigo by Noka.Design. Our favorite part?

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Color Inspiration Artist Sculpture 97

Design Milk

JUNE 9, 2023

Peters’ multi-disciplinary approach integrates technology as a means to an end, rather than an end itself, an ethos in full display across these ceramic sculptures. ” Each sculpture of the Dyadic Series is digitally crafted using a customized 3D printer, a machine Peters hacked to produce the convincing textured design. .”

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Print Sculpture Arts and Crafts Patterns 98

Colossal

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

” All images © Darryl Cox, shared with permission In Darryl Cox ’s organic sculptures, gnarled tree roots or branches merge with the ornate grooves, patterns, and gilding of picture frames. ” Right: “Joplin” Detail of “Jacques” Do stories and artists like this matter to you? “Winter.”

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Sculpture Art Exhibition Textures 81

Design Milk

AUGUST 2, 2022

Its shape, comprised of two connected circles each with a contrasting concentric circle pattern, is a creative departure from traditional rectangular rugs, bringing an abstract element to your space. For a sculptural take on Magic Circles 2.0’s ” In fact, the Magic Circles 2.0 Just like Magic Circles 2.0,

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Inspiration Art Color Print 98

Design Milk

MARCH 24, 2022

A minimalist take on the shapes, colors, and patterns found in nature; Tom Pigeon designs bring a colorful, geometric flair to your everyday life. A San Francisco-based artist, designer, and builder, Yvonne Mouser’s modern home objects tell a story through their function. Shop Tom Pigeon >> Yvonne Mouser.

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Inkbot Design

JANUARY 9, 2024

50+ Best Gifts for Designers on Every Budget Designers are creative professionals who use their artistic talents to communicate ideas visually. Some examples: Taschen’s The Art Book : A visual dictionary covering 500 influential artists and their most famous pieces from medieval times to today. Sale Modern Art. $14.95

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Colossal

AUGUST 19, 2020

The result is a captivating series of photographs, which were originally published in Document Journal , that capture the myriad textures and patterns of Sy’s unorthodox designs: A woven accessory envelops a model, lining her arms, head, and torso in circular sculptural forms.

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Fashion Sculpture Textures Patterns 81