Awesome Sculpture

This nifty plaything is sort of like a skull-shaped slinky. Designed by maker Ryan Kittleson, this Mortal Coil sculpture is a made-to-order 3D print from Shapeways, available in either white or black plastic, and also in a version that stretches side-to-side.

Polymer clay artist Stephanie K. PetitPlat builds an intricate sculpture of an octopus protecting a coral reef in this two-part time-lapse. The texturing on the body is fantastic, and those teensy suckers are amazing. The finished sculpture is available in her shop.

Artist Kyle Toth demonstrates the painstaking process of transforming boards of bocote and ash wood into an intricate donut-shaped sculpture. The finished work contains 2,340 individual pieces of wood, and took Kyle about 90 hours to complete.

Artist Jamie Schena handcrafts amazing metal scale models of automobiles and motorcycles. His vehicle builds are amazing, but we were blown away by his massive green mech which envisions a Transformer that started out as a Lamborghini Aventador.

Edits were used to condense speed painter Vikpaint’s 6-minute performance down to just about a minute, but we’re still impressed with his ability to turn a slab of plaster over brick into a portrait using nothing more than his chisel and a hammer. (Thanks Alexandre!)

Artist Kelly Rene Jelinek creates wall trophies and sculptures of animals by taking foam taxidermy forms and covering them with upholstery, adding glass eyes, resin claws and other bits. Some pieces use cut up pieces of fabric or yarn to simulate animal fur.

Artist Mike Stinnett loves to make walking canes that are decorated with realistic animal figures, often snakes and other reptiles. Here, he makes a cane with a copperhead wrapped around it. We love how he’s casually sitting for most of it. You can purchase Mike’s wares here.

Artist Sebastian Errazuriz created a series of beautiful wall shelves and tables that incorporate fallen tree branches from the forests of South America. The only additions are paint, glass shelves, and the occasional bit of steel to provide added support.

Artist Ptolemy Elrington collects old hubcaps and transforms them into amazing animal sculptures. Despite their mechanical heritage, each one distinctly represents one of nature’s awesome creations. Want one? Fortunately, Ptolemy sells works and custom commissions.

Artist Courtney Brown envisions a fantastic typewriter that can type for itself, courtesy of its eight tentacles. Titled “Self Organization,” the sculpture was made from a 1938 Underwood and intricately shaped bronze, and took top prize at the 2015 California Sculpture SLAM.

PROJECTiONE’s awesome interactive sculpture was the result of creating over 20,000 extruded polyethylene foam rods, better known to most of us as “pool noodles” and arranging them on raised wood decks to create an otherworldly landscape in the middle of Muncie, Indiana.

This massive chandelier in Russia’s Leningrad Center uses a grid of 1,089 moving wires, each of which has a multicolored LED orb at its tip. Its computer control system lets it create wireframe objects that look like they’re floating in space.

Once you get past the silly computer voiceovers, you’ll be treated to the construction of an incredibly detailed scale model of Paris’ iconic Eiffel Tower, built from 2779 sticks of bamboo by artist Srinivas Thatipally. Feeling ambitious now?

LEGO enthusiast website TechLug asked members to depict Boba Fett’s escape from the Sarlacc in Tatooine. For his entry, Daniel Stoeffler made a detailed underground cavern along with an interesting story involving Jawas.

Dan Reeder of Gourmet Paper Mache creates insanely detailed sculptures using paper mache. Watch as he crafts one of his dragons here. Then check out a shark, a minotaur, Danery’s dragon, and the elusive unipossum.

Italian artist Pietro D’Angelo uses hundreds and hundreds of paperclips to create his amazing collection of figurative sculptures. They kind of make that paperclip necklace you put together at the office look just a tad inferior, don’t they?

These beautiful handcrafted basswood wall sculptures pay tribute to these majestic horned wild beasts without having to hunt them down and chop their heads off. Perfect for the pacifist’s drawing room.

Artist CHAé46 created this epic dragon sculpture using nothing but cardboard. It doesn’t even look like he used any glue, and just slotted all the pieces together. Sadly, due to its flammable composition, it won’t be breathing fire.

An annual event in Menton, France, Fete du Citron celebrates citrus, with juicy sculptures and floats made from lemons, oranges and other fruit. This year’s works are inspired by Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues under the Sea.

Created by designer Dean O’ Callaghan, this wooden kinetic sculpture replicates the movement of a droplet as it splashes into a pool of water. We wonder how much further the design could be taken to add more ripples.

Last time we checked in with artist David Mach, he was lighting his art on fire. In this series, he says to hell with the whole “no more wire hangers” thing, and built incredible animals and human figures from stacked and bent hangers.

In the words of Hank Schrader, “They’re Not Rocks, They’re Minerals.” And what a hunk of minerals this is. Carved from Brazilian agate, you’re looking at one of the many awesome geode noggins you can buy from Skullis.

Artist Li Hongbo creates sculptures which look like ordinary plaster busts, but they’re actually made from thousands of layers of paper glued together to form accordion-like structures. That skull is totally trippy. (Thanks Brooks!)