animalsLilliputian Landscapes: Paper Sculptures in Mini Bottles
There are plenty of ways to carry a little bit of nature with you, but the tiny worlds created by Akinobu Izumi…
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animalsnatureIsland In the (Air)Stream: Floating Sculpture Goes Missing
If you live in Europe and recently saw a lush green island floating by in the sky, don’t worry – you haven’t…
Art & DesignLand of Giants: Towering Icelandic Super-Sculptures
Soaring into the sky, electric pylons are an intrusive element in our modern landscapes, seeming to stand as a…
Art & DesignSweet Structures: Art & Architecture Made of Sugar
Dating back hundreds of years to elaborate sugar-paste sculptures that graced the dining tables of the ultra-rich,…
animalsPrehistoric Inspiration: California Desert Sculpture Safari
In a stretch of inhospitable desert 90 miles east of San Diego, a dry wind caresses the dramatic curves of a…
artButting In: Portrait Made of Over 20K Used Cigarette Butts
Cigarette butts litter the streets of most cities and towns, creating an environmental burden that could easily be…
animalsArtistic Evolution: From Scrapyard to Barnyard
Art out of recycled materials is both great for the environment, and an interesting artistic challenge. Animal…
gardeningLeaf Beyond Belief: 11 Tree-mendous Examples Of Topiary Art
What is it about the human condition that compels us to bend nature to conform to our wishes? Even the humble…
Art & DesignTortured Trees: Brutal Bonsai Bondage Art Series
The trees writhe and twist as if in pain, the branches bent in seemingly unnatural ways. It almost seems cruel,…
treesWood Carving: Trees as a Medium for Unique Art
Unless you’ve been to a logging competition, you probably haven’t seen someone with a large chainsaw creating…
designAnything But Stony: Lovely Living Moss Sculptures
Sculptures are typically seen as cold, hard, dead works of art. They may be beautiful, but the metal or stone…
animalsFrozen Moments: Freaky, Funky Eco Art Installations
It would be easy to see death and depression in Claire Morgan‘s visual art installations. After all, they often…
designSerious Scrap Metal Recycling: Crazy Can Sculptures
There’s often a large amount of difference between community service and innovative design. Canstruction is an…
designAmazing Living Art: Pooktre Tree Shaping
Peter Cook and Becky Northey met in 1995, became partners and began shaping plum tree suckers into living art they…
design42 Phenomenal Works of Fire Art and Design
In ancient and modern cosmologies alike, fire is often regarded as both a creative and destructive force. Aside of…
design42 Magnificent Works of Modern Earth and Land Art
(Thanks in part to Natural Architecture from the Princeton Architectural Press) Land art is at the heart of…
