Topic: sculpture

Consumption – by Amanda Rae

Consumption - by Amanda Rae
mixed media life size

I was so happy to see Amanda’s work in my inbox earlier this week. Her unique assembled sculptures suspend found objects still visible from the exterior.  Her portfolio displays many unique works and is certainly worth checking out.

Ursulus victuspedis II by Stephaine Metz

Ursulus Victuspedis II by Stephanie Metz
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/

Programmed Hive #8 – by Hilary Berseth

Programmed Hive 8 by Hilary Berseth

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

Death Before Disko – by Herwig Weiser

Besides being a crazy cool, sexy piece of hardware, this work incorporates some interesting sound technology as well.

Herwig Weiser built a machine which confronts us with its technical elements in a particularly clear and alienating way. ‘Death Before Disko’ uses an online data stream from space observation and translates it into simple yet spectacular sound and light events. With the proliferation of digital technologies, users have become more and more distant from the physical hardware of their laptop or hi-fi units. ‘Death Before Disko’ aims to return to the foundations of the hardware, and shows how our relationship towards technology is more often emotional than rational.

artist & website: Herwig Weiser – http://www.zgodlocator.org/

Projections – by Kelly Mark


Multi-channel DVD video installation. 30 minutes looped, silent CRT televisions, dvd player, signal booster RF modulator, RCA cable, coaxial cables & splitter.

Kelly Mark has a variety of wonderful work and choosing which one to publish was truly a challenge.  I suggest going to the site to see more works.

artist & website: Kelly Mark – http://www.ireallyshould.com