Category Archives: Art/Craft
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Final Drafts
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Rooty Troot
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The stainless steel sculptures of South Korean artist Sun-Hyuk Kim – human anatomy traced by root systems.
Metaphorically: the incompleteness of existence, the fragility of the human state, the doomed hubris of the Tower of Babel or indeed whatever you’re having yourself..
Sketchy
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The digital imaginings of Belgian artist Raphal Vanhomwegen, who renders his paintings at speed to maintain sponteneity. Of his foreboding, vertiginous, stream of consciousness architectural visions – depicted in technicolour, neutral shades and moody greys – he tells Colossal:
I am […] one of those people who think nothing is more beautiful than a sketch. I almost never saw a finished drawing look better than a very good sketch. That’s why I almost never finish my drawings. It feels like adding more notes to a perfect musical piece. It’s just not worth it.
Chattels
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Human fitments with integrated portals, hidey-holes and lounging decks for cats by Colombian furniture designers CatLife.
Your cat has already ordered several pieces in your name.
Some People
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New works by diorama dramatist Slinkachu, mostly created at home, due to lockdown. Sez he to Colossal:
My work has always reflected the sense of isolation and loneliness that a big city can imbue, but the isolation of being inside is new to me. These were recreations of small parts of city streets built in my living room with concrete paving slabs and weeds and moss.
Bird Person
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The curious avian creations of artist Calvin Ma – sculptural iterations of a character camouflaged as various birds: from owls and pigeons to Mandarin ducks.
The ceramic figures are part of an ongoing series entitled ‘Blend In: Making Home’ wherein each species represents an emotion or experience tied to social anxiety, which Ma bolsters with corresponding environments, like a birch cage or a flower-lined nest.
Black Light
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The meticulous paper art of Hiroki Saito – a variant of the Japanese art of kirigami (cut paper).
Taking several months to complete, each piece starts with an A3 or A4 sheet of delicate black mulberry-fibre washi paper into which Saito excises staggeringly detailed patterns before adding coloured paper as a backdrop.