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His vision might be apocalyptic but the detail of those visions is absolutely incredible. There is no doubt that one could spend hours looking at each individual sculpture by Kris Kuksi and still not grasp the totality of his work.

The first two photographs courtesy of Fresh Pics show the mind-numbing intricacy of his works while the remains ones are full views. As good as these photos are they are nothing compared to Kris’ own site so make sure to drop by  and spend some time there.

Intricacy personified

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Absolutely amazing.

I’m sure how else to describe these beautiful pieces by Patty & Allen Eckman. The incredible thing is that all their work is done using paper or rather cast paper. I wasn’t sure what this meant but there is an explanation on the Eckman site:

Cast paper sculpture has been around since the 1950’s but should not be confused with papier-mache’. The two mediums are completely different. The artists first mix an acid free paper pulp in the studio hydro-pulper from two raw stocks, cotton and abica. Then the pulp is cast into molds which were made from original clay sculptures. The paper is then pressed under vacuum pressure or by hand in the mold where most of the water is extracted at the same time. The drying process is completed by evaporation while the paper is still in the mold. After the dry and hard casts are removed from the molds the exclusive process of chasing, cast additions, cast alterations, sculpting in paper and detailing begins. It takes a great amount of time and experience to create each piece. Some works are so painstakingly detailed they can take many months to complete.

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The fact that these are some pretty incredible sculptures by Lisa Lichtenfels goes without saying. The fact that they are all created using nothing more than nylon makes them all the more fascinating:

Nylon was perfect as a simple surface that could stretch and move as the figure was positioned. It wasn’t long, however, before the properties of nylon began to present other options. For example, nylon is semi translucent, so several layers of differently colored nylon can produce very subtle and realistic skin tones. Also “needlemodelling” produces wrinkles, soft indentations, and delicate facial features. I felt compelled to explore these potentials, so I left Disney.

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I have a hard enough time threading a needle let alone thinking about carving something that can fit inside of a needle’s eye. So when I see artists like Nikolai Aldunin craft such magnificent carving on a scale that requires a magnifying glass in order to see them I stand in awe of both the skill and the results.

hat tip to My Modern Metropolis

It is amazing how artists are able to take even the most mundane of items from our lives and turn it into truly unique art. This is exactly what Gregory Euclide has done with the ordinary paint can as you can see below.