{Monday again… Donning the armour to prepare for the week ahead!}
{Loving these sculptural bookcases. I think they’d look better with as little books on them as possible though! The first one is Pietro Russo’s Voliera Shelving. The second one Franco Albini’s Veliero Bookcase available at Italinteriors. The last image is of Santiago Calatrava’s sculptures - the Cube Series - which I thought just fit in this collection of images.}
{Obsessing over these right now for the project I’m working on.}
{I think these are probably made of this stuff, with a mold.}
{A stainless-steel wall sculpture by Octavio Abúndez dominates one end of Nate Berkus’ living room; the bird painting is by Michael Hainey, and the Gilbert Poillerat chairs are clad in a Clarence House linen stripe. More later!}
Geometric Sandcastles by Calvin Seibert
Sand castle artist Calvin Seibert manages to construct nearly impossible shapes from one of the world’s most delicate mediums. See much more of his work over on Flickr.
Mechanical Arthropods and Insects Made from Watch Parts and Light Bulbs
Chicago-based jeweler Justin Gershenson-Gates recently grew a bit tired of creating jewelry after a show this summer and while experimenting with some watch part anatomy he decided to try his hand at spider and insect legs. One thing led to another a new series of small sculptural arthropods and insects was born. Justin tells me via email that each piece takes several hours to make and being unable to leave things unfinished he generally makes an entire new creature in one sitting, a monumental feat considering the scorpions can take an entire 12-hour work session as the watch springs, stems, gears and straps are assembled and soldered together (nothing is glued). I love the idea of the tiny light bulb for the spider abdomens.
Heimir Bjorgulfsson, Allure Gone Buffalo 2007: taxidermy, butterflies, quail, artificial plants, plexiglass, wood
Peter Chinnock, scupture by Jilly Sutton
{In this latest video from The Avant/Garde Diaries, Japanese artist Motoi Yamamoto(previously on Colossal) travels to the salt flats of Utah to discuss life, death, rebirth, and his labyrinthine poured salt installations. I have long been in complete awe of Yamamoto’s work. It’s remarkable to see how he synthesizes such simple organic materials though his complex internal process leaving behind patterns and abnormalities that so perfectly capture these unknown and mysterious aspects of the mind.![[Sponsor] Motoi Yamamotos Saltscapes sponsor](http://engine.adzerk.net/v/0/31003_40489_20_0/v.gif?r=675353286454531354 "[Sponsor] Motoi Yamamotos Saltscapes")
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{Happy Halloween!}
Anne Lindberg Creates A Cloud of Cotton Thread at Carrie Secrist Gallery
A few days ago I stopped by Carrie Secrist Gallery here in Chicago to discover a new thread installation from Kansas City-based artist Anne Lindberg (previously) called Zip Drawing. The piece was created by stapling taunt strands of Egyptian cotton thread in a meticulous yet seemingly haphazard fashion between opposing gallery walls resulting in an ethereal field of suspended color. Although these photos by Derek Porter do a great job of conveying the hue and scale of the piece (35 feet at its widest) it’s hard to feel the magnitude and energy of the piece without standing right in front of it.
