SCULPTURE

November 8, 2016

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

Kylie Dexter

October 17, 2016

“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, glass jars and naughty cats.” Objects in nature ar...

Mary O’Malley: Ceramic Sculptures Bloom With Life

Jackie Lemmon

October 9, 2016

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 na...

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

Kylie Dexter

September 3, 2016

INTERVIEWS, SCULPTURE

"Fathom the unreal and the dreamlike as well as the deepness of the unconsciousness" You could say that carving is embedded in the DNA of artist Joachim Seitfudem, even Joachim himself feels that he had no other choice but to become an artist, his life stee...

Wild Abandon Between Here and Eternity: Interview with Forest Rogers

Natalia Joruk

September 1, 2016

Forest Rogers is an artist who has managed to trigger a multitude of simultaneous feelings when I look at any of her sculptures, from a tender melancholy to musings on deeply ancient powers and the many fac...

A Decadent World: Interview with Mara Trachtenberg

Jackie Lemmon

August 30, 2016

If you need to satisfy your sweet tooth in a whole new way, Mara Trachtenberg's constructed photography takes the cake. Join hands with Mara and enter her topiary garden series, 'A Decadent World'. This land...

Bringing Death to Life: Skullptures with Jack of the Dust

Anmarie Soucie

August 25, 2016

Jack of the Dust, otherwise known as Andrew “Andy” Firth, transmutes death into life with his series of skullptures, handcrafted from the depths of Australia’s Gold Coast. His Jack of the Dust trademark, derived from maritime terminology, comes from “an ob...

Innovation through Installation: Tara Donovan

July 16, 2016

New York based installation artist Tara Donovan has a keen eye for generative aesthetics, and using man-made objects to tell an alternate narrative, of growth, of rebirth, and of natural power. Reminiscent ...

Sculptural Extraordinaires: The 9 Hottest Surrealist Sculptors in 2016

Lindsay Ogus

July 15, 2016

Contemporary surrealist sculpture is a hot topic in 2016. Artists are increasingly discovering new, inventive art forms and stretching the limits of their imaginations to produce these unique 3-D formations...

Metaphorical Skin: The Art of Kristine Schomaker

Jennifer Susan Jones

July 13, 2016

ART, PAINTING & ILLUSTRATION, SCULPTURE

Los Angeles based multimedia artist Kristine Schomaker layers streaks of paint over mannequins and other objects associated with vanity and gender to illustrate the ways in which we are influenced by societal pressures, which seek to maintain the status qu...

Amanda Louise Spayd: Meet the Maker

Kylie Dexter

July 5, 2016

I would imagine that upon entering Amanda Louise Spayd's workroom, you would smell cotton candy, spearmint and blue heaven milkshakes. You would hear the pitter patter of tiny eggshell blue feet and maybe c...

Neon Sculptor Meryl Pataky

Rowan Coughlin

June 28, 2016

Mixed media artist Meryl Pataky has a refreshing take on the world that comes out in her art. With a focus on neon sculptures, she works primarily in a medium that is undeveloped compared to traditional med...

David Umemoto Dreams of Brutalism

Dylan Bryant

June 18, 2016

David Umemoto’s sculptures lay bare the skeleton of structure, embracing the art form in a contemporary brutalist style highly reminiscent of his architectural past. Brutalism, popular in architecture (particularly government buildings) during the second hal...

Delphine Gigoux-Martin’s Anti-Beauty Aesthetic

Deianira Tolema

June 15, 2016

“Even the songs of birds are to be feared, because their voice obeys the one of their master,” wrote German philosopher Theodor Adorno in Aesthetics. As the sun caresses the earth with its gracious lines...

Susan Amorde: Emotional Baggage

Jennifer Susan Jones

June 13, 2016

We humans have a love/hate relationship with our emotional baggage. We subconsciously carry the warm fuzzy part of it with us because it serves both as a winter coat protecting our raw wounds and most tende...

MARCK: Video Sculpture Installations

Jackie Lemmon

April 20, 2016

Imagine you pass a sign as you are walking along a foggy road. Seeming to have made progress in your journey, you look around, only to see that you have come back to the sign you passed earlier, though you had been walking straight. In no way affected, you cal...

The Crystallized Conservator: Tyler Thrasher

February 18, 2016

Tyler Thrasher’s crystallized beetles and bugs make fairy tales seem possible. As if touched by the magic of love and life with a nymph’s kiss, Tyler’s creations seem ancient and full of mystical power. Upon fi...

Jaime Freestone: Taxidermy, Sculpture & Extreme Recycling

Natalia Joruk

December 29, 2015