Mixed Media Sculpture

"33-1/3" by artist Lisa Kokin

Japanese photographer Yuichi Ikehata creates realistic sculptures of human body parts using clay, wire and paper. He then photographs the sculptures and merges them into unrealistic worlds to create Long Term Memory (LTM), an ongoing photographic series that “puts audiences in the ambivalent position of not knowing what is real and what is not.” The 40-year old artist currently lives and works in Chiba, Japan.

Works by Sharon Griffin: Birdman, 2024 , Dusk, 2024 , Elemental, 2024 , Faun with Grey & Green, 2024 , Of the Earth, 2024 , Shadow Self, 2024 , Warrior, 2024 , Faun (Dusk) , Faun with Small Ears , Critter I , Critter II , Critter III , Guardian...

GilflingsDesigns - Wire - photo by ZoeRubens via Flickr

Original artworks by Sarah Best. Mixed media, found objects, casting, collage, textile, sculpture, needle and thread, stark, white, black, blue, figurative, abstract, surreal, human condition.

' 'av' a swig me matey' - Michael Grafton Contemporary grotesque wares, edgy ceramics, confrontational clays, provocative porcelains all conjuring up a mud mayhem designed to command your attention. Challenging times can trigger artistic impulses where more audacious, uninhibited creativity seeks an outlet and the market readily responds. Disturbware that can be unnerving, sometimes humorous, maybe illuminating, possibly ugly or even brilliantly conceived and just so original you are taken…

Artist Glen Taylor (previously) solders ridges of metal to porcelain fragments, completing a halved teacup or broken saucer with a range of unusual materials: barbed wire, tarnished silverware, old book pages, and multicolored twine form a portion of the household objects. Each intervention contrasts the pristine, delicate qualities of the porcelain with the visible rust,Continue reading "Barbed Wire, Rusty Knives, and Found Objects Mend Artist Glen Taylor’s Broken Porcelain"