SCULPTURE

July 5, 2017

There is a powerful force at work behind the sculptural pieces of artist Scott Radke. Through dark hollows and isolated forest clearings, his characters emerge all gnarly fingered and looking like malignant...

Popovy Sisters: A Dollhouse Haunted By Haute Couture

Danai Molocha

June 30, 2017

The Popovy Sisters, Ekaterina and Elena Popovy, twin sisters from Perm, Russia, have taken doll making into a whole new level. Mesmerized by the charisma of personalities as diverse as Marilyn Monroe and Marilyn Manson, Lena & Katya Popovy decided to p...

Capable Hands: The Sculptures of Jessica Dalva

Jennifer Susan Jones

June 23, 2017

“Will someone please call a surgeon Who can crack my ribs and repair this broken heart That you're deserting for better company?” – lyric from “Nothing Better” by The Postal Service Jessica Dalva, AKA J...

Alessandro Boezio’s Anatomic Poetry

June 2, 2017

In our subconscious, the human form can be altered to fulfill a variety of desires, horrors and creative psychoses. Fingers roll out like a carpet into digit-shaped centipedes; feet emerge from the palm of ...

Dark Enchantment: The Art of Handsome Devils Puppets

Jennifer Susan Jones

April 29, 2017

Jewelry, hand-stitched clothing, and tiny tattoos - it’s all in the details with Handsome Devils Puppets. Add to that, elongated, knuckly, wicked fingers and a dry brush skin effect that is positively chalky (like some kind of delicate bone-skin that has laste...

Into the World of IX Arts: Special Feature With Thomas Kuebler

Natalia Fedoruk

April 23, 2017

Forget mind-altering chemicals to trigger over-stimulation - put yourself face to face with one of Thomas Kuebler's sculptures, so alive that your senses feel heightened, and the stir of excitement cannot be ma...

Underwater Lifeforms, the Sculptures of Margarita Sampson

March 14, 2017

A miscellaneous collection of fabric, ceramic, furniture, tableware, and other found objects are altered and melded together to form colorful jewelry and sculpture. In these works by Australian artist Margarita...

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Bitter | Sweet: An Interview with Crystal Morey

Anmarie Soucie

February 18, 2017

Visual artist Crystal Morey takes us on a journey with her milk-white, porcelain figures in Entangled Wonders, a series that will be included in the beautiful.bizarre curated international group exhibition 'Bitter | Sweet'. Join beautiful.bizarre for the openi...

Transmitting Messages: Interview with Johnny Adimando

February 16, 2017

Imagine that you have been sent, telepathically, an extensive coded message. Your head is overflowing with unknown symbols. Twists and turns of designs like those made with a Spirograph, sometimes words, images...

The Transformative Magic of Kirsten Stingle: Interview

Natalia Fedoruk

January 20, 2017

Kirsten Stingle: Storyteller, Performer, Philosopher and Sculptress who continuously brings to life innovative and emotive ceramic sculptures that are impossible to forget. Her journey has been long, evo...

Ceramic Sculptor Juz Kitson: Death Makes All Equal

January 14, 2017

Saggy, heavy bulbous growths sprouting hair and antlers in earthy colors or muted pastels are a signature look in Juz Kitson's sculptures and installations. Repulsive yet alluring, Juz is a ceramic artist from Australia, though she spends a lot of time in her ...

Mary McGill: The Art of the Story

Jennifer Susan Jones

January 7, 2017

Ceramic artist and native Californian Mary McGill strikes both a symbolic and aesthetic balance between humans and nature, and beauty and time-induced flaws, as seen in her sculptures of the female figure and a...

The Macabre Magic of Laurie Hassold’s Sculptures

December 13, 2016

Dark and foreboding collaborations between science and art, Orange County, California-based artist Laurie Hassold creates fantastical creatures that carry a calm and quiet magnetic energy with them. Her biomorp...

The Darkly Sweet World of Nobu Happy Spooky

November 19, 2016

ART, INTERVIEWS, SCULPTURE

It would take a steady and incredibly talented hand to embellish these small sculptures into portraits of their original subjects. Italian artist Domenico Scalisi of Nobu Happy Spooky has not only managed to do that, but also to breathe life into his tiny subj...

Kate MacDowell’s Honest and Haunting Sculptures

November 8, 2016

ART, SCULPTURE

Originally inspired by the sight of a decaying seagull on a beach, artist Kate MacDowell was struck by the parallels between the delicate skeletal system and the delicate feathers of the life form. Much of this...

The Fabric of Nature: Mister Finch and His Fairy Tale World

October 17, 2016

ART, SCULPTURE

“Scraps of thread and fabric are stitched and pulled into fairy tale creatures looking for new owners and worlds to inhabit. Finch works alone and makes everything himself by hand in a studio full of books, g...

Mary O’Malley: Ceramic Sculptures Bloom With Life

October 9, 2016

ART, SCULPTURE

Land Mermaids (you know who you are) everywhere will be delighted to come across ceramic dinnerware that crawl and bloom with ocean life. Originally from New York and now based in London, Mary O'Malley's nautical sculptures bring the salty sea to your tabl...

The Amorous Complexity of Camilla Taylor

September 13, 2016

ART, PAINTING & ILLUSTRATION, SCULPTURE

Dark and ominous as the night is black, artist Camilla Taylor’s talents go far and beyond her seemingly gothic-based creations—this multi-talented artist uses every kind of media to create imaginative world...

The Unique Wood Sculptures of Joachim Seitfudem