Spend some time reading these tutes, and you’ll learn a lot. These guys are professionals.
Sculptor’s Corner.
I found this artist in an article about hyperrealism, but his work stood out for a number of reasons. Adam Beane’s skills in portrait sculpting are amazing, and unlike other hyperrealist artists, who tend to work life-sized or larger, he works mainly in 1/6 scale or smaller. He works for high-end collectible toy companies and [...]
Patricia Buzo makes tiny terrariums out of live moss and itty bitty handmade accessories. Don’t you just want to stare at them and imagine the tiny little people who might keep these gardens?
See more at her etsy shop, Doodlebirdie.
via Folklore and Fairy
(warning: some of today’s links are probably not safe for work)
Edit
Mask II by Ron Mueck
You’ve probably seen some of these amazingly lifelike sculptures before; they’re so mind-blowing that I think some of them are making the e-mail rounds. I’m still trying to wrap my brain around them. My feelings are a mixed bag: awe at [...]
Here’s a quick and easy tutorial from PolymerClay Express. Use your clay scraps to make adorable dragons that are functional as well — they sit on your computer and eat bugs.
Via Craftgossip
Carmen Lozar’s work is another example of “narrative sculpture” in the best sense; each piece tells you a little story with its character, pose and accessories. I love her menagerie of imperfectly mended animals, and her series of empty garments on hangers.
I had no idea you could even do this with glass. Some of [...]
Visit this site when you have some time on your hands. Handmade Puppet Dreams is a collection of short films made by young, independent artists and featuring real-time puppetry with a focus on character. My favorite one is Harker, in Volume II, but be prepared to spend fifteen minutes or so doing nothing [...]
A lot has already been written about this artist, on Daily Art Muse and Art Found Out, so I’m not really going to review her work. I wanted to comment on a phrase someone used to describe her innocent little girls and realistic animals: narrative paper sculptures. A frequent topic of discussion in [...]
Continue reading about Kyoko Okubo: Narrative Paper Sculpture
Andrea Graham does things with needle felting I had no idea you could do. She appears to have started out as a dollmaker and moved on to more “fine art” type work. Her doll figures represent a quirky sense of humor, more fun than beautiful. My favorite piece, which I won’t post here because [...]
I am fascinated by the idea of sculptural illustrations, whether for childrens’ books or more general graphic arts functions. I’ve done a couple of bas-relief-type pieces myself, and I’ve already featured Meredith Dittmar, whose funky work almost defies genre. Today, though, I’ve got an artist to show you whose reliefs are much more doll-like, [...]
