Giant Gravity Defying | Sculptures by Gerry Judah (22 pics)

Giant Gravity Defying Sculptures by Gerry Judah — Artist and designer Gerry Judah has created a stunning centerpiece for the Goodwood Festival of Speed in southern England. His towering sculptures are monuments to the history and thrill of motor sports, and a dazzling treat for the eye. Gerry's sculpture entirely made of steel and although the design looks simple, it’s actually extremely complex, because the structure has to be rigid and completely balanced without the need for hundreds of supporting props. The total weight of the structure is 40 tonnes and it took 12 men four weeks to fabricate, assemble and install real cars from the world's leading corporations Porsche, Ferrari, Jaguar, Audi, Mercedes Benz, Ford, Renault, Rolls-Royce, Toyota, Honda, Alfa Romeo and Land Rover.

Iconic Scrap Metal | Animal Sculptures by John Lopez (21 pics)

Iconic Scrap Metal Animal Sculptures by John Lopez — Artist John Lopez uniquely created these life sized scrap metal animal sculptures based in the town of Lemmon, South Dakota. The 43 year old artist who welds the pieces from abandoned farm machinery created full size representations of creatures including a bison, a cowboy, a horse plowing a field and a Texas Longhorn cattle. John has been working on the past ten years, already had a career as a bronze sculptor, but after creating a family grave for his deceased aunt using scrap metal, he began creating recycled metal sculptures out of found or donated pieces of metal as well.

Everyday Objects Transformed into Stunning Hidden Characters (28 pics)

Everyday Objects Transformed into Stunning Hidden Characters — French Artist Gilbert Legrand is a creative, talented illustrator and graphic designer from Toulouse, France. For the past 10 years, he has been finding the hidden characters in everyday objects creating funny stories in everything that he sees in his surrounding. With the help of paint he transforms everyday domestic household objects into stunning funny tiny sculptures. A little imagination and an adjustable addition of a face and maybe some arms and legs a wrench stuff turns into a sly fox, a hinge can become a shady salesman, a juicer becomes a woman emerging from a pool and scissors turns into a kissing couple.

A Massive Wave Made out of 3,000 Barbie Dolls (9 pics)

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A Massive Wave Made out of  3,000 Barbie Dolls — Inspired her own childhood memories, Belgium based artist  Annette Thas created a massive collection of Barbie dolls entitled 'Wave 1' for this year featured at the 10th annual Sculptures by the Sea exhibition in Cottlesoe, Australia. Wave 1 is 12 feet wide and towers 9 feet above viewers, the wave of Barbie dolls have each been individually woven together. Annette who collected over 3,000 used dolls from second hand stores and sales to complete this epic work of art. Each Barbie is supposed to be a symbol of the doll's former owner, too.

Creative Artist Jodi Gives Old Books a Second Life (16 pics)

Creative Artist Jodi Gives Old Books a Second Life — Artist Jodi Harvey Brown alters old books and gives them a second life by making beautiful sculptures out of their pages. These wonderful 3D sculptures of paper take a whole new look at the idea of a “pop-up” book. Well known fictional characters, sea creatures, monsters, ships and aircraft are brought to life by Jodi’s vivid imagination and her great passion for reading. Jodi began book sculpting after being unable to resist a box of used books at a second hand shop. After folding the pages of one that had been crushed in the bottom of the box, she was hooked. Each sculpture is a little more complicated than the one before it, and at times Jodi includes hand illustrated figures drawing was her first love. Her husband encouraged her to show her work on an artist community and it was there she realized book sculpture is a valid art form.

Incredible Wraped Wire Sculptures Art (21 pics)

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Incredible Wraped Wire Sculptures Art — Based in Brooklyn, Seung Mo Park is a Korean sculptor who creates incredibly detailed metallic sculptures using neat lines of aluminum wire. He starts with a fiberglass casting that he then covers up with row upon row of painstakingly bent to shape aluminum wires that precisely recreates everything from wavy hair to wrinkled clothing to the sinuous musculature of the human form. Each figure in his Human series of sculptures presents a remarkable attention to the delicate form of the human body as well as the naturally flowing condition of draped garments.

Amazing Retro Cars Nested as Surreal Puzzles (5 pics)

Amazing Retro Cars Nested as Surreal Puzzles — Artist Chris Labrooy has been exploring his interests at the intersection of architecture, visual art, typography,  He could subvert and twist familiar everyday things into new typographic and sculptural form. This is the series of digital sculptures titled "Auto Aerobics." Chris has exhibited at the design museum in London and been featured in various series of old and retro American cars, nested as surreal puzzles which some appear to be floating.

Unusual Wooden Spheres by Lee Jae Hyo (21 pics)

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Unusual Wooden Spheres by Lee Jae Hyo — Korean artist Lee Jae Hyo in his work has managed to achieve the near impossible huge trunk of trees turns in the usual unusual solid wood. He creates magnificent sculptures, furniture, and other magnificent works of art. 

Lee transforms the wild into the aesthetic, his method, too, derives from the uncontrolled, accidental processes of nature. In Lee’s efforts to reclaim the natural from the traditional his work speaks to a modernity more grounded in simplicity than extravagance. The sculptor's works can be seen in the exhibition halls of museums, in the streets, and just in the woods.

Interesting Sculptures Made of Straw (14 pics)

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Interesting Sculptures made of Straw — Each year in the rural areas of Kagawa and Niigata Prefectures of Japan after the rice harvest are piles of straw. One day someone came up with the idea of using the same techniques traditionally used to build straw roofs, local artists instead build animals on wooden frames. The idea was picked up by the master and straw sculptures began to hold festivals, exhibitions of his creations. The most famous place in Kagawa Prefecture and Niigata.

Amazing Sculptures Made of Household Objects (9 pics)

Amazing Sculptures Made of Household Objects — In Japanese culture, Shintoism is an ancient belief system that asserts that all living organisms and objects carry a spirit within them. For Sayaka Ganz, the idea of objects thrown out needlessly was too much to bear, as she was taught that these discarded, forgotten pieces of our world “weep at night inside the trash bin.” Rather than allow this to happen, Ganz has given new life to found objects—to the plastic spoons to the springs and cords and baskets and cups—forged into phenomenal new life forms.

Origami - The Ancient Art out of Paper (8 pics)

Origami - The Ancient Art out of Paper — Origami - the ancient art of creating sculptures out of paper. Some of them can be quite easy to create a self-guided step by step instructions. But the artist Nguyen Hung Cuong creates such works which do not learn it from books. By the way, each piece is made from a single sheet of paper. For a detailed best Vietnamese handmade paper.