Felted wool – 6.5″ x 7″ x 5.25″

Stephanie create a variety of anotomical studies of Teddy Bears, reverse engineering found bears to created these felted skulls.

The teddy bear is an idea: a docile, cute, friendly invention far removed from the wild animal that inspired it. I create teddy bear anatomical specimens with a pretense of realness to emphasize the artifice of a familiar but unconsidered subject.

Make sure you checkout her site for more of these wonderful sculptures.  If you enjoy these you will also enjoy the Animatus H, D, L.

artist & website: Stephaine Metz – http://www.stephaniemetz.com/

Chalk and, well poop.

I love how Tilllassmann’s cartoons, “Chalkies,” interact with the real world around them.  It is great that he can put these anywhere and people in the community get to see new works constantly.  There is also something refreshing about the simplicity of the execution, especially since everything in our modern world has become so complex.

artist & website: Tilllassmann – Flickr Account

140 x 190cm – Mixed media on wood found on streets and beaches in Dublin, Belfast, Kerry and London

Here is another piece from asbestos that I featured last year.  Make sure you checkout asbestos’ site and asbestos’ Flickr account for more.

artist & website: asbestos – http://www.theartofasbestos.com/

Berseth creates the base structure for these wonderful sculptures and his bees finish it by adding the rich honeycomb texture.  According to BoingBoing,

Berseth’s armatures each go into a closed box in the spring, and then the respective colonies take over, filling out his templates with wax cells, then stuffing them with honey. “The last two seasons, I’ve been working with a beekeeper whose name is Jim Bobb,” he says, explaining where he turns for expertise. “He has a graduate degree in mathematics from Berkeley–he’s a minor beekeeping celebrity.”

artist & website: Hilary Berseth –  http://www.elevenrivington.com/artists/BERSETH/artistpg_berseth.html

Here is a great animated short by Louis Clichy.  I found the short on Drawn and had to put it up on the site.  This piece has a  simple look that I love and connect with. The complex camera angles and movement in the short are convincing and engaging.

artist & website: Louis Clichy – http://www.cube-creative.fr/index.php?t=s&sv=Louis+Clichy

The Aquarium Phone Booth is the brain child of Benoit Deseille and Benedetto Bufalino for the Lyon Light Festival in Lyon, France.

artist & website: Benoit Deseille – benoitdeseille.com and Benedetto Bufalino – benedetto.new.fr

I found this video to be very compelling especially with all of the advances being made in the fields of robotics. Andrew tells a story of a robot longing for something it can’t grasp.

acrylic on wood panel

I am a big fan of Jeff Soto and love seeing his characters interacting with one another in his paintings.  So when I got his email about his new show I was excited to see some new work.  His show will be opening Thursday night, May 14 at StolenSpace Gallery in London.

artist & website: Jeff Soto – http://www.jeffsoto.com

Abraham Obama is a humorous and provocative look at an unprecedented political art movement. Street artist Ron English gathers a crew of professional pranksters and hits the road on a grassroots campaign to make public art and promote Obama’s campaign for the Presidency. Abraham Obama takes us on an unforgettable ride as the stories of Ron English unfold alongside musicians and artists such as Shepard Fairey, Jack Medicine, David Choe, Sam Flores, Will.I.Am, Morgan Spurlock and many others.

Tribeca Theater Screening of “Abraham Obama”  Ron English will be on hand for Q&A.

Thu, May 14, 2009, 8:00pm – 92YTribeca, 200 Hudson Street, New York City – ticket info

artist & website: Ron English – http://www.popaganda.com/