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Flexible Paper Sculptures by Li Hongbo

Aug 30, 2014

On first look, these busts appear to be carved out of porcelain or perhaps fine white marble, but actually they are made of thousands of lay...

Veijo Rönkkönen’s Sculpture Park

Mar 31, 2016

In the Finnish town of Parikalla, close to the Russian border, is a remarkable sculpture park consisting of some five hundred concrete figur...

Peter Callesen’s Single Sheet Paper Sculpture

Nov 9, 2012

Danish artist Peter Callesen creates three dimensional sculptures by folding a single sheet of paper. Each work is made by cutting a single...

Intricate Paper Sculptures by Cheong-ah Hwang

Dec 24, 2010

Korean-born artist Cheong-ah Hwang has been exclusively working in paper since 2000, producing beautiful 2D paper sculpture with a subtle 3...

Amazingly Colorful Retro Gadgets Made of Paper

Jul 16, 2011

Lucie Thomas and Thibault Zimmermann are the duo behind the contemporary design studio Zim and Zou based in Nancy, France. Thomas and Zimmer...

Gnomonic Blocks, or Multi-faceted Sundials

May 11, 2021

In the park of the Abbey of Epau, in Yvré-l'Evêque in France, you can admire a curious monument in the shape of an obelisk. Built by the...

Written Portraits by Van Wanten Etcetera

Mar 28, 2011

I have seen many paper sculpture ( Peope Too , Cheong-ah Hwang , Bert Simons , Allen and Patty Eckman ) and book art ( Isaac Salazar , Rober...

Why Batman’s Gotham City is Named After a Nottinghamshire Village

Apr 15, 2019

Gotham is a fictional city in the DC Universe but its namesake is not. Located across the Atlantic in South Nottinghamshire, this quiet, lit...

Bremer Loch: The Hole of Bremen

Jan 13, 2020

Image credit: dcabrerizo/Flickr There is an unusual donation box installed beneath the streets in front of the State Parliament building...

The Book Art of Cara Barer

Apr 11, 2012

Texas based photographer Cara Barer uses old phone books, computer manuals, maps, and comic books to create hypnotic sculptures, which she ...

Ultra Realistic Wood Sculptures by Randall Rosenthal

Sep 8, 2010

Randall Rosenthal is an amazing artist who creates incredible wooden sculptures. His wood creations are so realistic and so detailed that i...

Miniature Urban Sculpture by Alan Wolfson

Sep 27, 2012

Alan Wolfson has been creating miniature urban dioramas of grimy New York scenes since the mid-1970s. His intricately detailed scenes featu...