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Sine waves distort stone busts of historic and iconic figures. Sleek and refined statues of Aphrodite, Laocoön and Venus appear warped and distorted in French artist Leo Caillard‘s newest sculpture series, “Wave Stone.” The statues are carved from white Carrara marble, and the distorted pattern is a vertical sine wave. A signature of Caillard’s style, […]
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An experimental digital project juxtaposes mined minerals against their origins. In a series of CGI creations, Cape Town local and photographer Dillon Marsh documents the remains of 19th-century excavation sites across Springbok, South Africa. Once a massively productive extraction site, the mines have dug up many types of precious stones and metals, including copper, gold, […]
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Vibrant tilework decorates and repairs fractured sidewalks and pavement in European streets. Walk along an aging street in the city of Lyon, and you can’t help but notice bits of colorful tile mosaics peeking out of the grey stone pavement. A signature of Ememem or “the pavement surgeon,” these intricate suchors are decorative and practical […]
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Cosmic photography captures celestial light from an unexpected source. In a series of galactic-themed photographs, Finnish photographer Juha Tanhua captures what looks like glittering scenes of starlight, nebulas, and galaxies spread speckled across a black backdrop. The twist? Rather than looking upward to the night sky to capture these celestial photographs, Tanhua points his camera down […]
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A photo series captures inspiring scenes of a natural rock formation. In a new series of photographs from his time in the Tateyama Mountain Range, Japanese photographer Yasuto Inagaki consistently hones in on an eye-catching subject. Against the backdrop of the majestic mountain terrain, a few trees reach out into the sky from a cragged […]
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North Carolina native paints captivating outdoor scenes. Brush and canvas in hand, artist Jeremy Sams is totally equipped to explore the rolling hills, mountains, and waterways of North Carolina. With a focus on emotion, Sams creates landscape acrylics that translate the sound, scent, and feeling of the outdoors into captivating visual scenes. In each painting, […]
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Hand-dyed paper seeds form three-dimensional topography sculptures. South Korean painter Ilhwa Kim creates a new Seed Universe in her first series of multi-dimensional sculptures. Made entirely from hand-rolled and dyed paper seeds, Kim’s expressive pieces flow with depth and visual interest. The color, size, and texture of each tiny paper seed are immensely diverse. When […]
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Colorful arrangements expose the intricate details beneath umbrella-shaped mushrooms. Artist, educator, and photographer Jill Bliss is on the hunt for mushrooms! A self-proclaimed explorer of the Salish Sea, Bliss seeks out the natural beauties all around her, sharing carefully curated selections of biodiversity in prints, stationary, and on social media. Pictured here, Bliss creates colorful […]
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Every day, This is Colossal inspires artists and architects with our favorite curated feed of fascinating work by creators around the globe. This month, they are lending the platform of over 100,000 subscribers and 1.5 million social followers to raise awareness about open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies for artists and designers to reach new […]
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A photography project shines light on the stunning, complex structures within musical instruments. With a 20-year career touring with orchestras across the globe, cellist Charles Brooks has a unique appreciation for the inner workings of musical instruments. Brooks’ fascination comes to a crescendo in his ongoing photography series Architecture in Music — a scoping photography […]
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Soviet-era living complexes inspire a series of light fixtures. St. Petersburg designer Nikita Anokhin draws artistic inspiration from an unlikely source—Soviet-era housing complexes. The distinctive, block-shaped Brezhnevka buildings were and are an iconic symbol of a period in Russian history. Modeling their conformist, angular design, Anokhin creates lamps from plywood and concrete that model the […]
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A backlit facade explores parametric-style lines made from brick. Driving through the streets of Arak, Iran, blocks of residential buildings surround what is considered the industrial capital of the country. Among the flat facades of apartments and administrative buildings, a single office tower stands apart with waves of texture and light. This building is part […]
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Crosscuts of citrus fruit glow under beams of artificial studio light in a series of oil portraits. Painter Dennis Wojtkiewicz has built quite a reputation for his oil-on-canvas of delectable citrus and other fruit—only these paintings are more timeless than a 90s pair portrait. Wojtkiewicz’s works are enormous, four-foot-wide portraits whose sliced fruit subjects fill […]
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