: the art of carving, cutting,

: the art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as of men, or other things

- French: sculpture

- German: die Plastik

- Italian: scultura

- Portuguese: escultura

- Spanish: escultura

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For London-based artist LR Vandy, the layered and often fraught legacies of labor, shipping, and trade undergird a distinctive sculptural practice.

Skin and Stone: Kozos Collision of Classical Art and Pop Culture

Sculpture

'Bueyes con rastra'
Creacin hacia 1930.
Tcnica: Escultura en bronce fundido.
Dimensiones: 32 65 26 cm.
Ubicacin: Museo de Bellas Artes de Montreal, Quebec, Canad.
Autor: Alfred Lalibert (canadiense, 1878-1953)

'Milly, retrato de la esposa del escultor'
Creacin de 1953.
Tcnica: Escultura en terracota.
Dimensiones: 43,8 38,7 19 cm.
Ubicacin: Centro de Recursos de los Museos de Glasgow (GMRC), Glasgow, Escocia.
Autor: Benno Schotz (estonio / britnico, 1891-1984)

, Relief plaque with quail chick, Ptolemaic Period, (40030 B.C.)

Bird-themed works, continued
The last one in this series of posts: Twitter after the Musk take-over.
Modeled and rendered in the MagicaCSG SDF 3D editor (2023).

Bird-themed works, 13/13

The last one in this thread: Twitter after the Musk take-over.

Modeled and rendered in the MagicaCSG SDF 3D editor (2023).

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
Oscar Wilde
(Mark di Suvero sculpture - Washington DC / Abandon train bridge - Seattle WA)

i think i really nailed the likeness on this portrait

alright, i think she's ready for the oven

Javier Jan - Il pensatore postmoderno.

Stoneware clay figure, fired and done but still a WIP since I plan to paint it with acrylics.

Classical statues were not painted horribly

Cyborg Zxexkis
6 Inches tall, made from paper, aluminum foil, masking tape, plastic, Apoxie sculpt

'She was extraordinary': Famed sculptor Pat Moseley remembered
By Liz Rymill

Across dusty outback tracks to the promenades of Adelaide, sculptor Pat Moseley turned limestone and bronze into the faces of legends.

Bird-themed works, continued
Voodoo magic (2019), a surreal scene.

Bird-themed works, 12/x

Voodoo magic (2019), a surreal scene.

I call this one "Protector of the toothpick realm"

I guess I do have a thing for tentacles and this little man protects the toothpicks with everything he got! Made from polymer clay and painted with acrylics

Spent the afternoon playing with clay for the first time in a looooong time

My own made hail cannon horn sculpture in the garage of my parents.

statue of King Charles IV near Charles Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic by Ernst Julius Hhnel (1848)

Anthony James at the

'Cerca de la Tierra'
Creacin de 1961.
Tcnica: Escultura en hormign armado.
Dimensiones: 137 247 201 cm.
Ubicacin: Museo Krller-Mller, Otterlo, Pases Bajos.
Autora: Magdalena Wicek (polaca, 1924-2008)

'Virgen Mara'
Creacin hacia 1578.
Tcnica: Talla en madera policromada.
Dimensiones: 141 38 28 cm.
Ubicacin: Galera de las Colecciones Reales, Madrid, Espaa.
Autor: Juan de Anchieta (espaol, c. 1533-1588)

Love the new animal sculptures, like this frog, in Victoria Park in the west of Glasgow. I think they're the work of Justina Kasponyte.

L'exposition Diseuses de silence (Espace Monte-Cristo) ouvrira samedi 18 !

Vamos con un poco de historia navarra, ms concretamente con la tudelana.
'Capilla de San Dions'.
Fue sede de la Cofrada de San Dions desde 1418 (cofrada de nobles como no poda ser menos fundada por los Teobaldos, dinasta de reyes navarros de ascendencia francesa, y desde 1850, de la institucin Penitente de San Pedro y San Pablo, conocida como la escuela de Cristo.
Es una capilla de estilo mudjar de entre los siglos XII-XIV. Su espacio es rectangular, cubierta por armadura de par e hilera con 5 tirantes que apean en canecillos. Esta cubierta est decorada con motivos vegetales y geomtricos del siglo XIV.
Los muros cuentan con decoracin agramilada de rombos lobulados y mixtilineos.
Tiene un retablo barroco del siglo XVII, rematado por el escudo de Navarra. Alberga el busto de San Dions y sobre este, un Cristo del siglo XV.

Si vous tes cette semaine, vous tes bienvenu-es!
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Couldn't resist exporting my sea creature head to Blender for a Cycles rendering.
See previous posts for more impressions and info.

Couldn't resist exporting my sea creature head to Blender for a Cycles rendering.

See previous posts in this thread for more impressions and info.

Bird-themed works, continued
Weird bird (2006).

Bird-themed works, 11/x

Weird bird (2006).

Iceberg Graveyard in Antarctica

Witness an iceberg graveyard, where nature's artistry creates surreal sculptures. From dragon-like forms to Darth Vader's helmet, these frozen giants tell silent stories. from Bonnie Lee Travels

resilience

18. Yuichi Hirako, Gallery Baton

19. Dhewadi Hadjab, Untitled (2024), on , Mennour

20. Tasaki Taro, Rabbit Lion (2026), , , Mizuma

21. Yeoh Choo Kuan, Streaming Mountain, Richard Koh. A large-scale that reimagines the traditional shan shui (mountain-water) through abstraction, gesture, & material intensity

11. Geraldine Javier, Witness (2025), Silverlens. Made using eco-printing, a technique that transfers the natural pigments of leaves and onto by steaming

12. Suzann Victor, City Lantern" (2025), Gajah

9. Hu Yinping, Potatoes Grow on Trees (2025), Magician Space. A co-productive work created by 100 women from multiple villages & townships across , though an idea originally sprouted from a story from the artists childhood (children in the city believed potatoes grew on trees)

10. Tim Yip, Lili, large-scale , Asprey Studio

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