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bugged: michael turner

Written on August 19, 2009 by Susan Lomuto in Archives-Protected, Featured, Latest Posts, Metal

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Michael Turner sculpts stainless steel, using polish, paint and heat effects to achieve the right finishing touches for his insects. The beetles in the first image below are a small selection from a London department store window display – one of Turner’s many commissions . These might be my favorite bugs yet. Can you imagine?

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Hornet, polished, heat treated steel

Blue Fly, polished, painted steel

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bugged: robert j. lang

Written on August 19, 2009 by Susan Lomuto in Archives-Protected, Featured, Latest Posts, Paper

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Look twice at these insects. They look real, but they aren’t. They are paper. Folded paper to be exact. Paper folded from one sheet of paper if you want all the facts. No cuts. None. Robert J. Lang is one of the foremost origami artists in the world with a portfolio that boasts much more than insects. It will amaze and delight you. More Lang right here.

Goliath Beetle, paper

Water Strider, paper

Praying Mantis, paper

Don’t miss Lang’s Ted Talk, Idea + Square = Origami.

Can’t get enough? Everything in this Mitsubishi commercial is paper except the car. Lang folded the dragon and had help with the rest of the origami set that included hundreds of folded trees. Must have been a folding frenzy. A team of modelers animated the figures, bringing his dragon to life. Wonderful stuff.

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bugged: christopher conte

Written on August 18, 2009 by Susan Lomuto in Archives-Protected, Featured, Latest Posts, Metal, Recycled

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Christopher Conte has a cool history…very cool. Read about his story here and then take a look at more insects and other machine-sculpts here. You can read an interview with the artist on Dark Matter Magazine.

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Steel Widow II, 2009
stainless steel, plated brass and aluminum components
6 ” x 6″ x 2″ high

Articulated Singer Insect
antique mechanical parts, vintage Singer sewing attachment
8 “x 6″x 4″ high

Steam II Insect, 2009
cast bronze with machined brass and stainless steel
2.5 “high x 6″ x 6″

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bugged: wesley fleming

Written on August 18, 2009 by Susan Lomuto in Archives-Protected, Featured, Glass, Latest Posts

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Wesley Fleming’s flameworked glass insects are impressive. The photography is too. Click on each image to see different angles of the insect. Creepy cool. His work is distinguished by fine detail, beautiful color and obvious control over the torch.

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More of Fleming’s insects at Daniel Kany Gallery. Read this article about the artist and view a time lapse video of Fleming making a centipede (music by his wife, cellist Rebecca Hartka).

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bugged: emi savacool

Written on August 17, 2009 by Susan Lomuto in Archives-Protected, Featured, Latest Posts, Metal, Wood

I’m busy as a bee…which got me thinking about bugs…there are so many bugs this time of year…which got me thinking about bugs and art. Can you tell where this is going? I’ll be showing beautiful, bodacious bugs for the next couple of days…lots of pictures and links, but I won’t have time for too much text because I’m busy as a bee…

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Elegy, carved boxwood, sterling silver, nickel silver, onyx, dyes

Khepera, carved boxwood, sterling silver and enamel on copper

Mixed media jeweler Emi Savacool shares her laborious process for creating Khepera in these three blog posts.