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Debbie Lawson’s Magical Rug Sculptures

In Debbie Lawson’s ghostly rug sculptures, animal heads emerge from domestic patterns. In some pieces, flora and fauna extend from the unlikely objects. Yet, in her full body representations of bears, the work is at its most powerful and captivating. The intricate patterns of the fabrics add to the contours of the beasts.

“My work invites the viewer on a journey through the landscape of the domestic interior, where popular narratives and personal histories are intertwined so that the imaginary and material reality seem inseparable. Visual codes collide, giving form to new animated hybrids with a quietly sinister inner life and aspirations to be bigger than themselves.”

See more of the artist’s work below.

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Debbie Lawson, Mixed Media, sculpture

Joshua Smith, miniatures, sculpture

March 24, 2017

Photo Credit: Andrew Beveridge/ASB Creative Australia-based artist Joshua Smith taught himself to create absorbing, hyper-detailed miniatures of structures and objects strewn across cities. These works maintain the grounded, authentic erosion of urban environments. Many of the buildings are rundown or at the very least, aged appropriately. “His miniature works primarily focus on the often overlooked aspects of the urban environment such as grime, rust, decay to discarded cigarettes and graffiti perfectly recreated in 1:20 scale miniatures,” a statement says.

Erika Sanada Continues Her Creepy-Cute Sculptural Series in “Balancing Act”

Balancing Act, Erika Sanada, sculpture

December 18, 2015

Animals take on a special meaning in San Francisco based artist Erika Sanada's work, whose sculptures of cute "zombified" puppies, rats, and baby birds represent a sort of escapism from her anxiety. In an effort to embrace and defeat her demons, so to speak, Sanada created her "Odd Series", which was featured on our blog back in August and in Hi-Fructose Vol. 31. Since that time, her sculptures have evolved into more positive displays of her characters, who often interact with eachother in playful chases and tug of wars. Sanada expands on her ongoing series with her solo exhibition, "Balancing Act", now on view at Abmeyer + Wood Fine Art in Seattle.

Spenser Little Bends Wire into Intricate Scenes, Portraits

sculpture, Spenser Little, wire art

September 6, 2018

When Spenser Little bends wire, an assuming material can become an elaborate tapestry. His narratives and figure studies range from playful to absorbing in their manipulations of form. At times, the artist will leave continuous wire works in public spaces across the world, toying with the contours and lines of street objects.

Sergei Isupov’s Surreal Ceramics Combine Paintings with Sculpture

ceramics, painting, sculpture, Sergei Isupov

August 29, 2014

Russian-born artist Sergei Isupov investigates binaries in human relationships — male and female, good and evil, beautiful and grotesque. Using clay as both a material for three-dimensional expression and as a canvas for his illustrations, Isupov capitalizes on all properties of what he finds to be the most open medium. He sculpts human and animal figures, and then adds illustrations in glaze. The paintings diffuse into the clay’s surface, like tattoos on his sculptures’ skin. Taken together, the two- and three-dimensional elements of his work establish a compacted but powerful scene of emotions and narratives.

Debbie Lawson’s Magical Rug Sculptures

Joshua Smith’s Made-from-Scratch Miniatures Capture Urban Landscapes

Erika Sanada Continues Her Creepy-Cute Sculptural Series in “Balancing Act”

Spenser Little Bends Wire into Intricate Scenes, Portraits

Sergei Isupov’s Surreal Ceramics Combine Paintings with Sculpture

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