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Thomas Kuebler

Posted in monsters, sculpture with tags monsters, sculpture on April 2, 2012 by shewalkssoftly

I’ve been meaning to post about Thomas Kuebler’s sculptures for a while now.

He uses what I can only call “grotesque realism” to make these eye catching, monstrous creations.

Kuebler states: “I want to tell wild stories in a single three-dimensional portrait and literally flesh out a biography with hair, clothing, trinkets, teeth and fingernails, etc.”

And he certainly does!

You will see Witches & Wisemen, Beggars & Freaks, Monsters & Madmen, Classics & Legends!

One of my favorites, Dr. Nighty Night (click here for details).

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Maskull Lasserre: Incarnate

Posted in anatomy, sculpture with tags anatomy, sculpture on March 28, 2012 by shewalkssoftly

Maskull Lasserre carved a beautiful skull from obsolete computer manuals.

Sometimes I’m conflicted about book sculptures because I love printed literature…but outdated computer instruction is the perfect item for this type of work!

Early production shot:

See more pictures here.
Source

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Dragon Dumpling

Posted in sculpture with tags food, sculpture on March 27, 2012 by shewalkssoftly

Although this looks rather like the dragon version of a naked mole rat, I was surprised to learn that it’s actually a dumpling.

See a few more shots at the source.

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Kaitrees

Posted in sculpture with tags sculpture on March 21, 2012 by shewalkssoftly

Kaitrees on DeviantART has the most elaborate wire tree sculptures I’ve laid eyes on.

Some have lights…

I bet they all cast amazing shadows when arranged with proper lighting.

See more here.

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Nancy Fouts

Posted in sculpture, surreal with tags sculpture, surrealism on March 11, 2012 by shewalkssoftly

This particular sculpture (I wish it were an actual product) drew me into Nancy Fouts’s work.

She has a number of other interesting, surreal little pieces as well.

See more here.

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Face Off: Tim Burton

Posted in craft, makeup, monsters, sculpture, TV with tags craft, makeup, monsters, sculpture, TV on March 10, 2012 by shewalkssoftly

Face Off very effectively pits my love of horror makeup design against my aversion to reality TV (WHY can’t this be a regular documentary series? Fewer petty squabbles and more monsters, please!).

Contestants are given various cinematic makeup challenges. Recently they were asked to create something that looks “Tim Burton inspired.” I inadvertently caught about 10 seconds of this episode and figured I’d check out the results.

Here are some of the creations.

This was the challenge winner:

Since most of you reading this have probably seen a Burton film or two (*wink, wink*)…what do you think of these? The winner was pretty well done, but I’m also a fan of the bellhop character.

I think the episode will be on Hulu at some point. See a little recap here.

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Troels Carlsen

Posted in anatomy, installations, sculpture, undead with tags anatomy, installations, sculpture, undead on March 5, 2012 by shewalkssoftly

I’ve seen scattered images from Troels Carlsen around the web and just managed to track down the name behind the work. I’m rather partial to his series of skeleton installations.

These skeletons are always emerging…breaking through…enjoying miniature moments of personal triumph. They are curious and worldly little things.

See more here.

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La Luz de Jesus 26th Annual Group Show

Posted in anatomy, art, sculpture, undead with tags anatomy, art, sculpture, undead on March 3, 2012 by shewalkssoftly

Have a bunch of time you want to kill looking at wonderfully fun art? Visit the Laluzapalooza group show if you’re in LA.

La Luz De Jesus Gallery proudly rebrands our annual juried group exhibition, LALUZAPALOOZA. This gigantic, no-theme show features works from some of the freshest and most relevant artists working today. Over 9,000 submissions from commercial illustrators, graphic designers, tattooists, scenics, students, animators and working gallery artists had to be sorted-through, and we’ve finally narrowed it down to 125 or so artists.

There is a ridiculous amount of eye candy in this show. Paintings and sculptures abound, to suit all of your pop surrealism and lowbrow art needs!

If you can’t make it there in person, you can always do what I did last night: dive into the buffet of creatures, warped pop culture, anatomy, undead and just plain beautiful things by viewing the whole exhibit online.

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