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New Manchester art trail features sculptures that promote mental health and well-being

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The project, funded and supported by the Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership, Salford City Council, The University of Salford, LandsecU+I and Arts Council England, will comprise a series of head sculptures installed throughout the city. This year's trail is the latest in a series of works dating back to 2016.

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Natalie Wong's paper sculptures of classic video game consoles

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If you remember the good old days of Nintendo Gameboy and Sony's PlayStation One, a new paper sculpture series by award-winning mixed-media artist Natalie Wong will bring back happy memories. RetroPlay is inspired by the resurging popularity of classic gaming. Suppose you want to remember that joy in your home or office.

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Shotaro Kitada creates a serious yet jokey reality in his paper sculpture artworks

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Japanese illustrator Shotaro Kitada uses humble rolls of copy paper to create three-dimensional handmade sculptures that inhabit their own peculiar reality. Taking the shape of whacky giant heads perched on the top of vans to clumsy pedestrians getting their tongues stuck to icy lampposts, Shotaro's sculptures are a bizarre joy to behold.

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Haunting wooden sculptures by Claudette Schreuders reveal why we can't escape from ourselves

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In Doubles, her latest series of figurative painted wood sculptures and works on paper, Cape Town artist Claudette Schreuders takes a closer look at the double lives we lead, from what we do in private to how we present ourselves in public. The artist's sculpture work is rooted in both African and European traditions.

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Paper artist Lisa Lloyd explores the flow of emotions in dazzling new foil block printed sculpture

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Brighton-based paper artist Lisa Lloyd pushes her work in new directions with Flux, a fish-themed sculpture created with the help and craftsmanship of printers at Barnard and Westwood. Three-dimensional paper artist Lisa Lloyd takes inspiration from the natural world when creating her beautiful paper sculptures.

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Japanese artist En Iwamura's fanciful sculptures are a holiday for the mind

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Japanese artist En Iwamura 's response invokes a sense of lively and wondrous innocence with his paintings, sculptures, and installations, which take the viewer on something approaching a holiday for the mind.

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A new sculpture of rainbow-coloured ribbons is amazingly made of steel

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Incredibly, the dynamic flowing sculpture is fashioned from steel and powder-coated in an array of vivid colours. The idea for this latest sculpture came after leading a 'ribbon workshop' with local young people of all ages. "We Still, I love to be inspired by a collection of individual stories that share a common backdrop.

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