Johnson Tsang‘s completely contorted facial sculptures are so absurd they’re lovely. Hands play a major role in his Open Mind Series – extremities reaching up and out, stretching open an eye socket, or even squishing the face as you would a child’s. While maybe not for the faint of heart, each piece manages to look serene in all white bisque.
Ann Kristin Einarsen is a Norwegian artist and designer. The woodcrafter turned ceramicist explores stoneware and its functionality, my favorite project being her two-tone ceramic planter series – Rolla – closely followed by Stilleben and Sip. They all speak right at the plant lady living in my brain.
Saerom Yoon is an artist based in Seoul, he studied furniture design at Hongik University with a focus on woodworking. In his Crystal Series, Yoon took that knowledge and translated it into acrylics with colorful gradients. In the end its optical illusion that creates the beautifully blended hues. The surface of the acrylic is dyed and once the pieces come together magic occurs.
The word that comes to mind when I view Jim Osman‘s sculptures and installations is this – balance. In physicality, in use of color, and in viewing. Nearly all of Jim’s work uses wood, paper, paper, and hardware for stability, in the end reminding me of the most stunning game of Jenga.
These elaborately sculpted metal hangers by Portland artist Lane Walkup just make me so happy! Inspired by the fluidity of minimal shapes and the chemistry behind metalwork, you can see just how much special attention has been paid to fun details and quality structure. And YES, you can actually use them as hangers if you so wish. Each one is the size of a regular hanger and is coated with a light plastic for functionality purposes. (Lane also designs jewelry.)
Emma McDowall is an Edinburgh, Scotland-based artist currently creating these incredible concrete vessels and objects, each one celebrates color and texture. Made from hand and sometimes using found or recycled objects as moulds, every piece is a unique one-of-a-kind that serves as both object and functional product. Take a peek at Emma’s shop if you’d like to bring her art into your space.
Artist Loris Cecchini’s ongoing series of relief sculptures, entitled Extruding Bodies, create impressions on gallery walls. The polyester resin Cecchini uses is designed to lie flat against a surface, with the result resembling a vibrating pool of water or household objects attempting to push through from the next room.
Many of Lauren Clay‘s sculptural installations look like you could pull them off the wall for a quick snuggle. And while they’re perfect on their own, Clay sometimes pairs them with beautifully created spaces that make them all the more complete. But these pieces are only the start of a laundry list of sculptural styles – take a look.
Massachusetts-based Mariko Kusumoto‘s textile sculptures are something to behold. She uses translucent polyester fabric to create orbs that enclose small objects, the result is purely delightful and wearable. That’s right, some of her pieces function as either a necklace or brooch.
Karine Jollet explores the anatomy of the human body step-by-step in her exquisite soft sculptures. Old bed sheets and shirts, embroidered handkerchieves and secondhand fabrics, all are cut up and the fragments sewn together to create each work of art.
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