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Vintage Pressed Glass Sculptures with a Flourish of Detail by Amber Cowan
Sky Blue, Cobalt and Slag, 2014. Flameworked and Fused American Pressed Glass, Steel, mixed media. 33″x39x92014 Artist Amber Cowan works primarily with fragments of vintage pressed glass to construct...
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Artist Thomas Jackson Suspends Swarms of Objects Mid-Air for His “Emergent...
Cups no. 3, Novato, California, 2014 Photographer Thomas Jackson (previously) is intrigued by the movements and behaviors of swarms, something he seeks to replicate in temporary installations he...
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Otherworldly Pencil Sculptures by Jennifer Maestre
Originally inspired by the form and function of a sea urchin, artist Jennifer Maestre constructs unwieldy organic forms using pencils and pencil shavings that bloom like unworldly flowers. Some of her...
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Airportraits: Composite Flight Path Photos Capture Planes Landing and...
For his ambitious Airportraits series, photographer Mike Kelley sets up camp outside of airports and meticulously photographs planes as they takeoff and land—shooting thousands of photos per location....
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Architectural Sculptures by David Moreno Look Like Wild Pencil Sketches
Working with hundreds of steel rods and pieces of piano wire, Spanish artist David Moreno constructs unwieldy sculptures that look like 2D sketches. Usually centered around a structure or row of...
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A Ceiling of Pink Balloons Contained in a French Hotel Courtyard Mimics the...
Nestled within a courtyard at the Hôtel de Griffy in Montpellier, France, this 2015 installation of pink and white balloons attempts to capture the feeling of spring by mimicking the color and feel of...
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Clusters of White Balloons Photographed Invading Landscapes and Homes by...
Photographer Charles Pétillon (previously) captures arranged configurations of balloons in a variety of environments—trapping the illuminated organic shapes momentarily in his photographs. The huddles...
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Tiny Colorful Objects Meticulously Organized by Adam Hillman
If you need a dose of color (and sugar) injected into your Instagram feed, the account belonging to Adam Hillman is probably your best bet. The New Jersey-based visual artist sifts through multitudes...
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Patiently Arranged Dandelion Works by Botanical Artist Duy Anh Nhan Duc
All images via Duy Anh Nhan Duc Self-taught botanical artist Duy Anh Nhan Duc uses a steady hand to arrange dandelion blossoms in artful imitations of their flight through the air. His monochrome works...
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Reaction: An Experimental Particle Animation by Anton Woll Söder
Here’s a lovely bit of experimental visual goodness from Swedish motion designer Anton Woll Söder in collaboration with CypherAudio. Söder shares that the animation began as an exercise to learn more...
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A Homemade Multipoint Pinhole Camera Made from 32,000 Drinking Straws
Using 32,000 black drinking straws, collaborators Michael (Mick) Farrell and Cliff Haynes created the Straw Camera, a homemade camera they began experimenting with in 2007. Despite the connection one...
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Embroidered Haute Couture Box Bugs by Noboru Hoareau
French embroidery artist Noboru Hoareau recently stitched this fun series of creepy insects, spiders, and arthropods comprised mostly of beads. Each piece is embroidered into fabric and framed, an...
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A Replica of the Parthenon in Germany Constructed from 100,000 Banned Books
The Parthenon of Books, 2017. Steel, books, and plastic sheeting. 19.5 × 29.5 × 65.5 m. Commissioned by documenta 14, with support from the Ministry of Media and Culture of Argentina. South American...
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Artist Dan Lam’s Drippy Blob-Like Sculptures Develop Sparkly Color-Changing...
Dallas-based artist Dan Lam organizes her gloopy sculptural works into three categories that perfectly capture the form factor of her general aesthetic: Squishes, Drips, and of course Blobs. The...
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Minimalism & Multitude: The Swarming Animated GIFs of Frédéric Vayssouze-Faure
French animator Frédéric Vayssouze-Faure explores complicated mathematical concepts through short animations he publishes on a Tumblr called Wavegrower. Sine functions, harmonic oscillations, and...
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Recent Surveillance Camera and Satellite Dish ‘Nests’ by Jakub Geltner
Czech artist Jakub Geltner (previously) has been clustering groups of technological equipment in public spaces since 2011, creating installations that address the heightened state of surveillance in...
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Elements: An Animated Film of Improbable Gallery Installations Composed of...
Elements, an experimental art film by Maxim Zhestkov, follows more than two billion black and white spheres through a series of experiments within several enclosed spaces. Throughout the film the...
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A Concept Dance Performance Incorporating a Plane of 640 Motorized LED Spheres
2047 Apologue is a concept performance by Chinese director Zhang Yimou, the director of the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The video is a teaser for the final part of...
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Collaborative Acrylic Paintings That Aim to Visually Map the Perceptual...
American artist and filmmaker Lucy Engelman has a far different experience of the world than most. Engelman has a phenomenon called Synesthesia, which crosses her perceptual pathways to allow her to...
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Everyday Objects Obsessively Organized into Patterns by Adam Hillman
New Jersey-based “object arranger” Adam Hillman has really stepped up his organization efforts the last few months, pushing his precisely organized patterns of everyday objects into increasingly more...
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