The Wisteria Puzzle Cabinet – a delightful work of inlay and fine marquetry created by furniture craftsman Craig Thibodeau but not just that.
The cabinet also incorporates hidden compartments and secretly accessed drawers designed by Robert ‘Stickman’ Yarger.
The elaborately decorated animal/plant fusions of Canadian sculptor (and former student of animal behavioural science) Ellen Jewett.
Currently exhibiting at the Urban Nation Museum of Contemporary Art in Berlin, if you’re passing.
The work of japanese illustrator and Marvel fanboy Takumi – sundry Avengers rendered in traditional Ukiyo-e style, complete with their own kanji name and costume design. To wit:
Thor is pronounced tooru in Japanese, so he assigned the Japanese equivalent, which is 徹(とる). Thanos’ 6 infinity stones served as the inspiration behind that name, which references the 6 realms of Buddhism.The patterns on each of the characters clothing are traditional Japanese designs and each references certain traits of the characters. Captain America’s pants use the shippo (七宝) pattern of layered circles, which references the shape of his shield. Thor’s pattern is pretty straightforward: the traditional cloud (雲) pattern. Iron Man uses the complex bishamon kikko (毘沙門亀甲) pattern, which mimics the look of a circuit board.
Character Illustrations – 3D digital sculptures inspired by Picasso portraits, rendered by Pakistan-based art director and illustrator Omar Aquil.
Three-colour screen prints by Arna Miller & Ravi Zupa.
Because whimsical cats drinking at bars is why.
More here.
Miniature ‘worlds’ inspired by Nobel Prize winning literature (‘Kristin Lavransdatter’ by Sigrid Undset (1920), and ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1967)), created by French paper artists and collaborators Zim & Zou as part of ‘Sharing Worlds’ – a tolerance-themed travelling exhibition.
The exhibition ended last month but you can take a virtual tour of it here.
A collaboration between light artist Christopher Bauder and musician Kangding Ray, SKALAR (named after a psychoevolutionary theory about human perception and emotion by American psychologist Robert Plutchik, but you knew that) is an art installation that uses its suspended structure and pulsing rhythms to create an immersive live concert.
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Samuel Beckett and Leah Kenny, apparently.
Anyone?
(Pix: Oisín Kane)
Alarming ceramic vessels for air plants by designer Gregory Knopp inspired by the gaping maws of deep sea life forms.
Or perhaps, Carnictis sordicus.
