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Resin-Fossilized and Machine-Cut: The Art of Matthew Angelo Harrison

Design Milk

These CNC-altered works often cut into the objects they contain: wood African sculptures with uncertain authenticity, exotic animal skulls, and the headlight of a Tesla. The “African” sculptures offer the most complex questions. Installation view, Matthew Angelo Harrison, Ambidex, 2021 Photo: Farzad Owrang. Culling Figure, 2021.

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F5: David Trubridge on Forward-Thinking Art, Indigenous Voices, + More

Design Milk

He started off with plans to carve wooden sculptures, but in the process of renovating, he unintentionally picked up woodcraft – an easier path to creating furniture. It’s New Zealand’s first design-led tourism experience.

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15 Artists Bring Spectacular Mirages to the Arabian Desert

Azure Magazine

sculptures blend into their rocky backdrop from afar, but then reveal themselves to be faceted and furry (they’re upholstered in discarded camel hides) upon closer investigation. The NGO Human Rights Watch has echoed many of the same concerns about the country’s broader art and tourism-driven Vision 2030 plan. Photo Lance Gerber.

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A Vibrant Coral Ecosystem of Thousands of Crocheted Sculptures Confronts the Climate Crisis

Colossal

The Australia-born, California-based sisters began the Crochet Coral Reef project in 2005 to confront the devastations of bleaching, over – fishing, tourism, and agricultura l contaminations through sprawling, labor-intensive environments.

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Warhol, Land Art and a giant mirrored building set in the striking desert landscape of ancient Saudi Arabia

Creative Boom

With a population of 35 million, and more than 75% aged under thirty-five, the Kingdom is embarking on transformational development to embolden, employ and entertain its populous and attract growing national, regional and international tourism.

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These UCA students are using design to solve real-world problems

Design Week

Through sculpture, tapestry, painting and more, fine art student Zara Gabriel ’s practice explores the experience of disability and mental illness with a mix of media and techniques. Product design student Anna Lis has already had her work recognised by a spinal cord injury charity.

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Invoking Black Masking Traditions, Artist Demond Melancon Beads Elaborate, Celebratory Portraits

Colossal

The “wearable sculptures” are elaborate and celebratory, and Melancon’s works are known for their immense nature and for exhibiting his deft technical skill. He belongs to the tribe of the Young Seminole Hunters in New Orleans, where he was born and raised, and is a leader in the tradition of creating Mardi Gras suits.

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