Some mind bending sculpture from New York based Kumi Yamashita. The few that are included here that are also made from scrap metal and various junk were part of a collaboration with Tim Noble + Sue Webster. Also, check out the video at the end of the post for some shots of one of Kumi’s sculptures in actions. It’s saying “My name is Sylvia.”

Also, I’ve taken the plunge and setup a Tumblr! Shock and awe. It’s way more freeform than the regular blog. If you’re on tumblr, follow me over at http://unstage.tumblr.com and I’ll be sure to follow you back. Peace!

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Look carefully at the image above. Look really carefully. Remote controls, buttons, film canisters, bottle tops, Altoid Tins, spools, wire, telephone parts, circuits, gears, and hot glue. Zac Freeman pulls stuff from the most curious places and reuses them in his assemblage mosaic portraits. You know all that crap that’s at the bottom of the last drawer of your dresser? That’s his playground. You can check out more of his awesome portraits on his site right here or after the cut. Happy Friday! After a brief hiatus, I’m back.

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Bovey Lee is a full-time artist, living and working in Philadelphia, PA. Originally from Hong Kong, Lee creates these highly intricate papercuts on rice paper by hand (no laser cutting machines involved!) and then backs them with silk. Color me stunned. You can more of her amazing work below the cut (har har) and at her site right here.

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I finally had the opportunity to check out the Christian Boltanski installation at The Park Avenue Armory, yesterday. The work, entitled No Man’s Land, is the second installation of this absolutely massive work of art (with the first being at the Grand Palais in the heart of Paris.) If you live in NYC or the surrounding are, it’s totally worth the $10 to see and even get your heartbeat recorded and added to his collection of over 40,000 heart beats stored on a remote island that Boltanski owns on a remote island off the coast of Japan.

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Roman Diaz is an origami artist from Uruguay whose blog I came across a few days ago. Not only is his work somewhat fun and engaging, on his blog he posts instructions and step-by-step guides for making some of his creations (I attempted his fractal; however, it ended up looking more like..not a fractal. You can see more of his work at his blog or his Flickr page. Happy Sunday!
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Thom Pucky is a sculptor who works in marble. His main works consists of the following: nude females posed in classical for, usually with weaponry.
Still with me? His work is highly influenced by classical sculptors like Bartolini and Houdon, but in an updated form. You can see of his work at his site here or after the cut.
Note: Some of these involve nudity. They could be considered as Not Safe For Work.
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Graffiti Technica (www.graffititechnica.com) is an Australian based site that is exploring and evolving graffiti design to different types of technology and digital avenues. The site features the work of Brad Schwede a motion graphics designer who has worked in various design roles but is most heavily involved in broadcast design.

Brad studied multimedia, majoring in design and has been working in the digital world for over 7 years now producing on air work for local and international clients. You can see more of his insane work after the cut (and scroll to the bottom for the truly rad motion renderings he’s been experimenting with.) Someone hurry up and built one of these in Brisbane already!
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