Category Archives: Sculpture

Emily Sutton

EmilySuttonEmily Sutton is an artist and illustrator based in York, a city in England. We visited her website to review her illustration work but found these great fish sculptures that we just had to post. This is what she writes in her profile:

“My work incorporates a love of pattern and detail and is strongly influenced by the landscape and creatures of my surroundings in the Yorkshire countryside, as well as all kinds of weird and wonderful objects found in museums and antique shops.”

“A visit to the museum of folk art in New York inspired an ongoing interest in folk art of all kinds, and I am also influenced by 20th century illustrators such as Edward Bawden and Eric Ravilious, and the American lithographed children’s books of a similar era.”

“Now based in a house on a hill in the middle of nowhere, I am currently working on the illustrations for a children’s book myself (more news to come on that soon!) as well as producing work for various exhibitions.”

Images: Courtesy of Emily Sutton.

Rogan Brown

RoganBrownThese intricate paper sculptures are the works of Anglo-Irish artist, Rogan Brown. He starts each construction by sketching detailed designs and then mocking them up in larger pen and ink drawings. Each piece is composed of layers of paper cut by hand with a scalpel, knife or laser.  Many pieces have taken months of laborious planning, cutting and assembling. In an article on This Is Colossal he says this about his process:

“I am inspired in part by the tradition of scientific drawing and model making, and particularly the work of artist-scientists such as Ernst Haeckel. But although my approach involves careful observation and detailed “scientific” preparatory drawings, these are always superseded by the work of the imagination; everything has to be refracted through the prism of the imagination, estranged and in some way transformed.”

The South of France-based artist can be followed here on Facebook.

Images: Courtesy of Rogan Brown.

Kazuhiko Tanaka

KazuhikoTanakaSmall, minimal and enchanting describes the sculptures of Japanese architect, Kazuhiko Tanaka. who captures the essences of daily life in this work. His artist’s statement on Paris Art Web describes his penchant for small things:

“Like our small ancestors I am searching for a way of life in this modern age where mega sized corporations and political powers are to me like dinosaurs. I do not want power, but only to make my own way, step by step. And I want to be a friend of small things, both creatures and objects. These things may explain why I am making small figural sculptures. When I am walking in the city, not on business as an architect, just observing people walking, talking, and laughing, I realize these are the beautiful moments of their lives. These images inspire me to try to recreate them as soon as possible. Sometimes I am so absorbed I work till dawn. The experiences of my childhood are for me treasures. So, I try to dig up these almost forgotten beautiful moments and shape them into images, almost like keeping a daily journal. Ultimately, I want to reflect those treasured moments in other people’s lives. And when I create good ones, those are blissful experiences for me.”

You can follow the artist here on Facebook.

Images: Courtesy of Kazuhiko Tanaka.

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