While walking on world famous Park Avenue in Manhattan, hethandjed‘s “mind was blown” when they saw a huge optical illusion sculpture. They recorded the creation by Venezuelan-American artist Rafael Barrios which now has 130,000 views, and is featured on Gothamist and VideoGum. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngJMDZIxx98] Read more: http://www.viralviralvideos.com/2012/03/19/optical-illusion-sculpture-on-park-ave-in-new-york-city/
Nigel Cockerton, a forensic artist based in Scotland, has created a cool and creepy work of art that made use of his very rare set of skills. Instead of reconstructing a person’s face from bone, however, he took a crack at reconstructing a face from a bottle of Crystal Head Vodka, whose iconic skull-shaped glass…
Maskull Lasserre is a Canadian artist, born in Alberta in 1978. After spending much of his childhood in South Africa, he returned to Canada for school; receiving his BFA in Visual Art and Philosophy from Mount Allison and his MFA in Sculpture from Concordia. Currently working out of studios in Montreal and Ottawa, Lasserre’s drawings…
Robin Wight, a UK-based sculptor that works primarily with stainless steel wire, has mastered the creation of enchanting and dynamic fairy sculptures that seem to dance in or struggle against the wind. Wight is very open about the process behind his beautiful fairy creations, describing it in great detail. They involve the creation of a…