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Awesome Sculptures

(Almost) Perpetual Motion Machine

(Almost) Perpetual Motion Machine

Physicists will quickly point out that magnets aren’t truly permanent, and energy is never truly “free,” but that doesn’t make inventor Reidar Finsrud’s wonderful and extraordinarily efficient kinetic sculpture that appears to move on its own forever any less impressive.

Star Wars Shadow Art

Star Wars Shadow Art

In tribute to the release of The Force Awakens, pop artist Red Hong Yi created a series of sculptures which look like disjointed, almost random objects, but when illuminated at just the right angle, they cast shadows of iconic images from the Star Wars universe.

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Fusion Frames

Fusion Frames

Darryl Cox’s surreal art are tree branches that look like they’re growing out of antique picture frames, or vice-versa, made using a combination of sculpting, painting and woodworking. Check out his Etsy shop for available pieces. He also accepts commissions.

Emergence Lab

Emergence Lab

Thomas Medicus’ sculpture Emergence Lab is a translucent cube with six different paintings, each visible only from one of the cube’s sides. The paintings are on 216 strips of acrylic glass, which are arranged in a grid and suspended in silicone oil inside the cube.

Distinct: Micah Ganske

Distinct: Micah Ganske

Micah Ganske’s art is inspired by technology and the future: space stations looming over old factories, a ghost town in an orbital colony, spaceships that form a giant humanoid structure, etc. Video by Alex Amoling and Anchor Light for Distinct Daily.

Where the Shark Bubbles Blow

Where the Shark Bubbles Blow

Wilfried Grootens’ mesmerizing cubes are made of painted glass slides laminated together. The resulting hybrid of painting and sculpture invites you to check it out from different angles. Videos by Norbert Heyl.

Words Can Be Weapons

Words Can Be Weapons

(PG-13) Ogilvy Beijing worked with The Center for Psychological Research, Shenyang to raise awareness on the effects of verbal abuse. The campaign’s centerpieces were sculptures of abusive phrases that could be rearranged to form weapons.

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Baron Margo’s Rocket Car

Baron Margo’s Rocket Car

Jalopnik visited Los Angeles-based sculptor Baron Margo, who loves to give vehicles a Space Age makeover. He uses handmade parts as well as bits and bobs from junkshops and flea markets. The car in the video is based on a VW Beetle.

The Cardboard Lexus

The Cardboard Lexus

Lexus UK worked with design agency NVDK, Laser Cut Works, and Scales & Models to create a full-scale, driveable replica of the Lexus IS sedan, using from 1700 laser-cut pieces of cardboard. We’re guessing it’s not as much fun to drive as the actual IS, but it’s still really cool.

Japan’s Straw Monsters

Japan’s Straw Monsters

Every year, Japan’s Niigata Prefecture takes leftover straw from the rice harvest into art. The Wara Art Festival showcases these impressive creations, which take the form of huge animals and monsters. Photos by @amymauscd, @kiyukatawani, and @waraartmatsuri.

Scrap Wood Creature Sculptures

Scrap Wood Creature Sculptures

Thomas Dambo creates awe-inspiring beasts from scrap wood and junk. The imposing Olav the Wolf appeared for a brief time, then was burned to the ground. Most of his works can be found in Denmark, but one of our faves is in Puerto Rico.

Buried Library

Buried Library

Susanna Hesselberg’s sculpture When My Father Died It Was Like a Whole Library Had Burned Down was inspired by a line from Laurie Anderson’s song World Without End. (Photos by Clyde Yee and Claire Voon.)

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Spinning Daggers

Spinning Daggers

Artist Benjamin Ducroz created a series or small wooden sculptures from layers based on sine and triangle waves. When spun, they work like zoetropes, resulting in some trippy, morphing organic shapes.

Monkey Lamps

Monkey Lamps

Mischievous meets creepy in Marcantonio Raimondi Malerba’s Monkey Lamps. The lamp has a 4W LED bulb, a white resin body and comes in three variants: sitting, standing and hanging. Available soon from Seletti.

Star Wars x Madame Tussauds

Star Wars x Madame Tussauds

The wax figure makers of Madame Tussauds London have launched one of their most impressive exhibitions ever, a collection of insanely accurate sculptures of characters from the Star Wars saga, set into detailed backdrops.

All Things Fall

All Things Fall

A grim 3D printed sculpture and zoetrope inspired by Rubens’ Massacre of the Innocents. Sebastian Burdon spent over six months modeling and printing the zoetrope’s more than 350 pieces based on Mat Collishaw’s artwork.

Boneshaker Big Wheel

Boneshaker Big Wheel

Ron “Boneshaker” Schroer’s wooden kinetic sculpture is a mix between a high wheel bicycle and Theo Jansen’s strandbeests. It has mechanical legs with small wheels instead of a single rear wheel.

Wooden Wireframe Sculptures

Wooden Wireframe Sculptures

For his series Drawings in Space, artist Janusz Grünspek created these sculptures which represent wireframes of everyday gadgets, tools and furniture using nothing more than thin sticks of wood, hot glue, and a whole lot of patience.

A Spoon A Day

A Spoon A Day

Product designer Stian Korntved Ruud is trying to hand carve one wooden spoon every day for a year. He usually sketches a design on the way home, then carves it the following day after work. He’s nearly done but he still has lots of ideas.

Hans Haacke: Gift Horse

Hans Haacke: Gift Horse

Temporarily on display at London’s Trafalgar Square, Hans Haacke’s Gift Horse is a 2:1 bronze horse skeleton. The ribbon on its front leg is actually an LED display that shows a live ticker of the London Stock Exchange. More here.

Plane Pieces

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Etsy shop Plane Pieces makes lamps, sculptures, tables and other furniture and accessories out of pistons, propellers and other parts from World War II-era aircraft. Items are limited and can be customized with different colors.

Literally Balling

Literally Balling

A series of handmade basketball rings with stained glass backboards, gold-plated rims and bejewelled nets. Victor Solomon’s Literally Balling started out as a joke, but has turned into a commentary on rich and powerful sports stars.

Miniature W32 Engine

Miniature W32 Engine

José Manuel Hermo Barreiro aka Patelo spent over 2,500 hours to make this miniature hydraulic 32-piston W engine. It’s so balanced and its 850 pieces fit together so precisely that it barely shudders when it runs.

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