Design Milk

JANUARY 4, 2024

A custom metal bookcase in the living room, which holds a mix of books, objects, and plants, is mounted onto black and white patterned Reda tiles. A cobalt blue cabinet clad in Reda’s Sport 60’s tiles lives under a sculptural mirror by Elisaveta Solonitsyna, also made of ceramics by Reda.

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Colossal

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The husband-wife duo carves the soft wood of the copal tree into fantastical creatures that reference Mesoamerican spirituality and Mexican folk art, including the sculptures known as alebrijes. They refer to the unearthly characters as Tonas and Nahuales and cloak the birds, butterflies, and beasts in vibrant patterns and Zapotec symbols.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 18, 2024

After that period, as techniques improved and the practice became more popular, folk artists combined the moulded sugar with other art forms, such as shadow play and paper cutting, to create a more diverse range of patterns. Over generations, sacred sculptures morphed into secular sweets as sugar became more affordable.

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Design You Trust

MARCH 31, 2023

Asya Kozina, a Ukrainian contemporary artist, has gained international recognition for her unique talent in creating intricate and detailed sculptural headpieces out of paper. Her work highlights the delicate nature of paper, showcasing elaborate curls, cascading waves, and complex patterns that demonstrate her mastery of the medium.

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Colossal

MAY 16, 2023

All images © Jonathan Hateley, shared with permission Immersed in nature, female figures dance, reflect, and rest in Jonathan Hateley ’s limber bronze sculptures. The subjects commune with their surroundings, greeting the sun or leaning into the wind and merging with patterns of foliage or lichen.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 26, 2023

It is also a testament to personal creative exploration, as the patterns are born from my experiments and drawings beyond commissioned work." After initially selecting the themes and styles together, she was largely left to her own devices, besides the odd consultation on colours and pattern designs.

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Colossal

APRIL 12, 2023

All images © Bayne Peterson, courtesy of the artist and Kristen Lorello, NY, shared with permission As artist Bayne Peterson sketches the voluptuous and sinuous shapes of what will become his vibrant wooden sculptures, he takes cues from organic movement. “I’m thinking less, ‘what does nature look like?’

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BP&O

APRIL 3, 2023

This annual migration pattern is one of the many awe-inspiring natural spectacles that make the city so unique. Every year an impressive 40,000 humpback whales travel along the Sydney coastline.

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Colossal

MARCH 30, 2023

Photo by Alix Joiret The soft pile of tufted yarn meets vibrant color in Brussels-based artist Shishi San ’s bold sculptures. Inspired by the shape, hues, and patterns of Chinese vases, she began a series of nine voluminous vessels that draw on traditional motifs in a collection titled Fluffy.

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Colossal

APRIL 12, 2022

Evoking the biological illustrations of Ernst Haeckel ( previously ) and photographic portraits of Merlin Tuttle , an ongoing project explores the incredible diversity of bats through geometric paper sculptures.

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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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Design Milk

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Danish designers Laura Bilde and Linnea Blæhr work to combine functionality and sculptural expression through materials and shapes, bringing together tactility, sensuousness, and enticement for the end result. The six carpet patterns within the collection celebrate talented female artists who have paved the way for those in the future.

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Colossal

JUNE 1, 2023

Photo by Sloan Breeden Photography The home of Ellsworth Kelly’s iconic modernist chapel titled “ Austin ,” the Blanton Museum of Art has expanded its outdoor art environment with a sculptural installation by Snøhetta. On not-so-sunny days, rain that falls into the petals is funneled into an underground collection system.

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Colossal

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

“ My work is as much an abstract sculpture or design that contains some spirit of life in general, and the bird form seems like a pure way to represent this to me,” he tells Colossal. The article Anthony Theakston’s Elegant Sculptures Imbue Ceramics and Bronze with Avian Spirit appeared first on Colossal.

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Design Milk

MAY 5, 2022

Among the new program is Powerful Patterns , an exhibit created in collaboration with Danish fashion designer, artist, and musician Henrik Vibskov. The exhibit celebrates the museum’s most spirited and colorful patterns, like Galleria (pictured above) – a delightfully curvy pattern created by textile designer Barbara Brown in the late 1960s.

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Colossal

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Long then uses slip trailing and an elaborate glazing process to add a staggering amount of embellishment to the amorphous sculptures, mimicking the patterns, textures, and colors found throughout the natural world.

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Colossal

JUNE 21, 2022

From hunks of walnut, Suzuki carves miniature sculptures of wildlife like antelope, elephants, and bears, with innumerable divots and gouges forming the distinct textured patterns of their coats or skin. Japanese artist Tomohiro Suzuki is behind the minimal wooden menagerie of Kyoto-based workshop Kokemusu Mokkou.

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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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Creative Boom

MARCH 12, 2023

In a new show at London's Jealous Gallery, artist Adam Bridgland brings together wild hues, dynamic patterns and the powerful pull of nostalgia in an alluring visual display. We sometimes forget how much of a role lyrics play in our love of popular music.

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Colossal

JULY 26, 2023

“I was also inspired by Ai Weiwei ’s ‘Circle of Animals’ sculpture recreating the 12 animal heads of the Old Summer Palace in Beijing.” The article Exuberant Patterns Bring Ceramic Creatures to Life in George Rodriguez’s ‘Mexican Zodiac’ appeared first on Colossal.

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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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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Dana Awartani's sculpture draws inspiration from the vernacular architecture of AlUla, taking the form of a concave geometric sculpture that references the Nabataean tombs and mimics the shapes of surrounding mountains, gorges, caverns and rock formations.

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Design Milk

AUGUST 3, 2021

We’ve long been fans of LA-based artist Joshua Abarbanel , who I recently started following on “The Gram” There’s something mesmerizing about his intricate, layered laser-cut wood sculptures that captivate. See more of his nature-inspired work here. He says: Hull 04, detail.

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Colossal

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Seoul-based artist Yeesookyung ( previously ) fuses Korean and Japanese craft traditions in her elegant, gilded sculptures. Blending ornately patterned vessels with deities and animals, the delicate assemblages meld shards of discarded ceramic into new forms with bulbous sides, halved figures, and drips of metallic epoxy.

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Design Milk

JULY 4, 2022

The sculptures are Ngo’s own “memory palaces,” which bring back her nostalgia for the color palettes, pixelations, hazy gradients, and atmospheres of favorite games like ´Pokémon and Animal Crossing.

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Design Milk

MARCH 9, 2022

Drowning Girl Sculpture by Ruben Orozco Loza. Looking like she’s already accepted her fate, Ruben Orozco Loza’s Drowning Girl sculpture is as beautiful as it is disturbing. A few months ago, I wanted a new rug for my dining room and was drawn to Tumble’s Sena pattern in sand/multi.

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Design Milk

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Alex Proba and glass artist Austin Stern have teamed up to create the ooey gooey Gelée Series of five, one-of-a-kind sculptures. Each component is made by filling a shell made of colored, patterned glass with an interior of clear glass. In its liquid state the material resembles liquid goo! Photography by Nicholas Peter Wilson.

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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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Colossal

MAY 16, 2020

Manila-based artist Patrick Cabral ( previously ) layers paper incised with decorative motifs and lacy patterns into dazzling sculptural portraits of wildlife. All images © Patrick Cabral. Ribbed tentacles with alternating gold and white dangle from an octopus, while elegant pieces comprise a rhinoceros’s exterior.

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Design Milk

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Installation view, Antonio Santín, MARC STRAUS Gallery, New York I’m Only Happy When It Rains, 2023 I’m Only Happy When It Rains, 2023 (detail) I’m Only Happy When It Rains, 2023 (detail) The largest paintings here span over seven feet across and depict geometric and floral patterned rugs in space.

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Colossal

AUGUST 11, 2022

Beginning with a copper armature, the North Carolina-based artist stretches vintage paper or patterns of scanned objects across a minimal metal form and stitches the edges together into a geometric patchwork. Constellations, butterflies, and bold checkered prints overlay the animalistic forms by Anne Lemanski.

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Colossal

MARCH 6, 2023

“My Joy My Joy My Joy” (2021), acrylic felt, polyester fiber fill, pyrite, glass beads, sea glass, vinyl sequins, white abalone shell, metal base, nylon thread, aluminum sculpture wire, and artificial sinew, 16.5 × 13.3 × 22 inches. Installation view of ‘The Body Electric’ at SITE Santa Fe, 2022.

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Colossal

OCTOBER 2, 2023

All images © Yinka Shonibare CBE RA, shared with permission In a celebration of global cultural fusion, Yinka Shonibare CBE RA upends Western art historical portrayals of African customs in vibrant mixed-media collages and sculptures ( previously ). centimeters, edition of 25 plus 5 APs. .” centimeters, edition of 25 plus 5 APs.

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Colossal

DECEMBER 22, 2019

North Carolina-based artist Yumi Okita ( previously ) layers hand-painted fabric, embroidery thread, feathers, and faux fur to create large sculptures of insects. Each handmade moth and butterfly is one-of-a-kind, with coloration and patterning often inspired by existing species. The fabric wings on the insects measure up to 9.5

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Colossal

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

For Boston-based artist Nathalie Miebach , art is a way to translate scientific data into a visual language of patterns and relationships. “ Each piece began with a specific question I had and then the sculpture would attempt to answer it.

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Colossal

APRIL 27, 2020

Italian sculptor Fabio Viale inks his marble reproductions of iconic sculptures with heavy scenes of ancient stories, swirling waves, and foreboding clouds. Viale doesn’t paint the marble but rather infuses an arm or chest with color and pattern in a manner that’s similar to tattooing a human body. Viale’s Laocoön.

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Design Milk

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Created with a geometric pattern exhibiting a color block design, this mirror is crafted from 16 aluminum prisms and blue adhesive opaque vinyl, creating an optical illusion of striped rectangular prisms depending on which angle the reflective artwork is orientated. Photo: Courtesy P.P.OW Our ancestors pay the price for who we are.”

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