Art #bamboo #installation #site-specific #weaving #wood October 5, 2021 Grace Ebert All images courtesy of Mingei Gallery, shared with permission Japanese artist Tanabe Chikuunsai IV threads strips of bamboo together into monumental works that appear to grow from walls and ceilings. His hollow, circular creations utilize a style of rough weaving that his family …
Art Design #installation #nests #sculpture #wood September 17, 2021 Grace Ebert All images © Charlie Baker, shared with permission Brooklyn-based designer Charlie Baker wrangles unruly branches and twigs into large-scale sculptures and installations that highlight the natural curvature of his foraged materials. Whether cloaking a perfectly round sphere in wood or constructing a treetop …
Art #matches #sculpture #wood September 8, 2021 Grace Ebert Group of five Matchstickmen (2019), wood, polyurethane, paint, each 155 centimeters. All images © Wolfgang Stiller, shared with permission Often propped up in a row or symbolically arranged, the ongoing series of charred matches by Wolfgang Stiller are oversized and surreal renditions of the book-bound …
Nondescript Human Heads Appear Burned into Large-Scale Matches by Wolfgang Stiller Read More »
Art #books #furniture #plants #sculpture #tools #wood August 3, 2021 Grace Ebert All images © Camille Kachani, shared with permission Human progress and the insurmountable force of nature converge in Camille Kachani’s overgrown sculptures. The Lebanese-Brazilian artist (previously) is known for his furniture, tools, and other practical objects that are overrun with new plant growths …
Plants and Knotted Branches Sprout from Camille Kachani’s Impractical Household Objects Read More »
Design #architecture #houses #wood June 17, 2021 Grace Ebert All images courtesy of Partisans A steel slatted roof ripples across a property in southwestern Ontario, providing a meditative enclave under its gently sloping cover. Contrasting the stark black metal with softer strips of cedar, “Fold House” by Partisans features a two-story living quarter with …
An Undulating Roof Made of Cedar and Steel Flows Out from a Pool House in Ontario Read More »
Design #architecture #installation #public art #wood June 16, 2021 Grace Ebert “Time Loop” (2021), 9.2 x 3.6 meters. All images © Paul Cocksedge, shared with permission A new installation by Paul Cocksedge (previously) creates an endless circuit of coiling wood in Hong Kong’s Yue Man Square. Made of sustainably sourced timber, “Time Loop” evokes …
Sleek Wooden Ribbons Spiral in an Infinitely Looping Installation in Hong Kong Read More »
Art Photography #COVID-19 #installation #land art #waves #wood June 8, 2021 Grace Ebert All images © Jörg Gläscher, shared with permission As the fear of a second wave of COVID-19 swept through Germany in the fall of 2020, photographer and artist Jörg Gläscher decided to channel his own worry into a project that felt …
Nine Massive Waves of Deadwood Surge Across a Forest Floor Near Hamburg Read More »
Art #sculpture #wood May 27, 2021 Grace Ebert “Sentient,” 18 feet. All images © Daniel Popper, courtesy of The Morton Arboretum, shared with permission Spread across the 1,700 acres at The Morton Arboretum just outside of Chicago are five enormous figures by Cape Town-based artist Daniel Popper (previously). Constructed mainly of wood with elements …
Art Design #automata #humor #kinetic sculpture #toys #video #wood May 12, 2021 Grace Ebert Japanese woodworker Kazuaki Harada (previously) has spent the last few years designing these playful automata that activate with a simple hand-crank. Watch miners work in tandem, a figure cackle with unparalleled enthusiasm, and the devil aggressively play the fiddle, and …
Delightful Characters Spring to Life in Hand-Cranked Wooden Automata by Kazuaki Harada Read More »
