He wears Jesus' robes and a neon blue halo, looks like Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and is causing a stir at a Chicago art school. picked by sholom22 3 years ago

The London landmark of Big Ben has been recreated in straw in a cornfield in Cheshire to celebrate 150 years of the famous clock.

The 70ft sculpture, made with more than 500 bales of straw weighing over 20 tonnes, dominates the view on the A51 road between Nantwich and Chester in Cheshire.

Built around a steel frame, it features a working clock which is illuminated at night. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Christian Ristow was at Maker Faire with his giant pneumatically powered sculpture called Hand of Man. It’s great. It’s a highly interactive piece in which one puts on a glove with sensors and controls a multi-ton pneumatic hand capable of picking up and crushing a refrigerator. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

Their gallery just blew me away. Coming soon - tutorials! picked by suebe 2 years ago

Paper isn’t the first medium most people think of when they imagine sculpture, but it has qualities that help papercraft artists create some of the most incredibly intricate 3D art ever seen. picked by Bornbad 12 months ago

The posting has been reinstated, after certain conditions were met, i.e. not displaying a photo of the scultpure.

It comes with its own condom, its packaging being an artfully-painted box that once held an extra large pizza. picked by suebe 2 years ago

Her transformation began more than 20 years ago after she decided that in a past life she had lived as Queen Nefertiti.
During that time Nileen Namita has spent £200,000 on her face in order to turn herself into a living sculpture of the ancient Egyptian.

(I think she has failed) picked by Bingo 3 months ago

"I've organized the gallery into 3 main areas. The Mecha area has my "major" models. The Bionicle area is just that, models made under my online nickname "Cajun Vayland". The Sculpture area has all the non-mecha models I've managed to make." picked by CheeseWiener 2 years ago

Dead Star is made from residual battery at the end of their duty. Left to itself, the sculpture will slowly cool down since there is no longer electronic activity taking place in it. The hundreds of batteries were once used to power appliances before they finish their cycle in a recycle facility. Retrieve from death, they were assembled again in this whole structure. picked by Nateebiinature 1 year ago

When Jeff Koons's "Balloon Flower (Magenta)" sculpture went on display in London's St. James's Square last week, the members of the many gentlemen's clubs nearby were among the first to realize that the Contemporary sales of the major auction houses were approaching in a major way. picked by eyanna7 1 year ago

The sculptors, inspirited by locals’ stories about the yeti, have brought a touch of humor to the sculpture. The two and a half meter Bigfoot is holding a snowboard under his arm. picked by kakana 7 months ago

Totemobile is a robotic sculpture that initially appears as a life-sized representation of the culturally iconic 1965 Citroën DS automobile. In performance, this familiar figure is visually exploded, subverted and elaborated through various levels of abstraction until it reaches its final form: an organic 18-meter-tall totem pole. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

A sculpture that meshes religion and pop culture is at the root of a controversy at the Marcellus Free Library.

Trumansburg artist Geri Keil created the piece -- "Bebe Coca" -- as part of a library exhibit on Mexican culture, but a group from a Syracuse church signed a petition demanding the library remove it. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

This dessert may be a little too rich for you, but you're probably not rich enough for it. A Sri Lankan resort is charging $14,500 for what it calls the world's most expensive dessert, a fruit infused confection complete with a chocolate sculpture and a gigantic gemstone. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Nantes, France is hosting an exhibition of mechanical sculptures by François Delarozière and Pierre Orefice. Each sculpture is also a moving vehicle. Besides the 11-meter tall elephant, see the giant squid, deep-sea fish, and more. picked by bingo 8 months ago

Controversial American sculptor Daniel Edwards latest work 'The Oprah Sarcophagus', is a very full-figured sculpture of Oprah Winfrey - and that's where the likeness begins and ends. picked by deepchill 2 years ago

Carving on a banana to make shapes picked by Wasabi 3 years ago

I'm not talking about any pansy homicidal Mona Lisa's here, either. Make sure to watch the Kinetic sculpture video for nightmares. picked by jaxomlotus 2 years ago

Like some of man’s oldest forms of folk art, the snowman is, and always has been, a byproduct of man’s primal instinct to depict himself in art, be it a cave painting or a sculpture made out of snow. A frozen Forrest Gump, he’s a reflection of our own development.
*click on picture in post to see gallery* picked by Bornbad 11 months ago

In other cultures we come across laughing representations of gods (for instance, the laughing Buddha). Yet, we very rarely see laughter depicted in ancient Greek sculpture. Why is this? picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago