Showing posts with label Sculpture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sculpture. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Kinetic Hot Wheels Sculpture




It includes 1,200 custom-designed cars and 18 lanes; 13 toy trains and tracks; and, dotting the landscape, buildings made of wood block, tiles, Legos and Lincoln Logs. The crew is still at work on the installation.
In “Metropolis II,” by his calculation, “every hour 100,000 cars circulate through the city,” Mr. Burden said. “It has an audio quality to it. When you have 1,200 cars circulating it mimics a real freeway. It’s quite intense.”

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Haroshi: Turning Broken Skateboards Into Beautiful Art



Those chipped and cracked skateboard decks might not seem like they are good for anything but to artist Haroshi they are both source material and inspiration. From his website:

Haroshi makes his art pieces recycling old used skateboards. His creations are born through styles such as wooden mosaic, dots, and pixels; where each element, either cut out in different shapes or kept in their original form, are connected in different styles, and shaven into the form of the final art piece. Haroshi became infatuated with skateboarding in his early teens, and is still a passionate skater at present. He knows thoroughly all the parts of the skateboard deck, such as the shape, concave, truck, and wheels. He often feels attached to trucks with the shaft visible, goes around picking up and collecting broken skateboard parts, and feels reluctant to throw away crashed skateboards. It’s only natural that he began to make art pieces (i.e. recycling) by using skateboards. To Haroshi, his art pieces are equal to his skateboards, and that means they are his life itself. They’re his communication tool with both himself, and the outside world.





Sunday, December 27, 2009

Massive Nike Air Max Sculpture Benedict Radcliffe

This wire shoe sculpture by Benedict Radcliffe measures 3.5 measures long. The Air Max 1 was commission by Nike for the roll out of the shoe.