The Ceramic Sculptures of Lorren Lowrey

Ceramicist Lorren Lowrey crafts sculptures that examine the personal tether between growth and pain, with life often sprouting from death. The Portland artist, an oil painter earlier in life, crafts works that rich in classical undertones. Yet, the psychological themes injected create something wholly contemporary.

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“The sculptures I create are reflections of my innermost self,” she says. “Oftentimes, the animal figures appear to be distraught or writhing in pain; their bodies contorted and dissected. These animals are self portraits and merely vessels through which I am able to therapize my struggles with depression and anxiety. They are mirrors shining light into the darkest parts of my being.”

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Alexander McQueen, fashion design, illustration, Jacky Tsai, sculpture

July 30, 2014

Chinese-born, London-based artist Jacky Tsai brings his fashion-world experience to his interdisciplinary art projects, which often fuse illustration, printmaking, sewing and sculpture. Tsai says that he is fueled by his contrasting experiences living in both Eastern and Western cultures. With his skull sculptures (or "Skullptures" as Tsai refers to them) and illustrations, the artist combines the morbid with the ornate. These symbols of death and decay become the sites of regeneration as flowers blossom on the skulls like moss — a juxtaposition Tsai uses as an antidote to his native culture's superstitions about death.

Joseph Walsh Blurs the Line Between Furniture Design and Sculpture

Abstract Art, furniture design, Joseph Walsh, sculpture, woodmaking

July 8, 2015

Self-taught designer Joseph Walsh builds lyrical pieces of furniture that are more like free flowing sculptures. Functional and aesthetically beautiful, his creations blur the line between art forms. Walsh's materials are all natural; combinations of wood, white oil, olive ash, to name a few, which he retrains into fluid shapes mimicking growth. In this way, his pieces also blur a line between the original living source and their still form. See more after the jump!

Noah Scalin’s Portraits Made from Piles of Clothes

Noah Scalin, portraits, sculpture

April 27, 2017

From certain angles, works by Noah Scalin can just look like piles and piles of clothes strewn along the floor. But at the right angle, absorbing portraits come into focus. Recent subjects include Hellen Keller, Maggie L. Walker, and others. The length of these sculptures can comprise around 30 feet. His work explores “the theme of transience – specifically the temporary nature of our individual lives and tenuous nature of human existence on the planet.”

Cayetano Ferrández Explores Shades of Humanity with ‘Gray Man’ Figures

Cayetano Ferrández, Photography, sculpture

May 13, 2017

Cayetano Ferrández, a Spanish artist/photographer, uses his “Gray Man” action figures and micro-narratives to explore varying, often bleak aspects of humanity. His work, a combination of photography, sculpture, and other mixed-media, has integrated toys since the early 2000s, with the “Gray Man” series being an ongoing project.

The Ceramic Sculptures of Lorren Lowrey

Jacky Tsai Seeks to Dispell Superstitions With Floral “Skullptures”

Joseph Walsh Blurs the Line Between Furniture Design and Sculpture

Noah Scalin’s Portraits Made from Piles of Clothes

Cayetano Ferrández Explores Shades of Humanity with ‘Gray Man’ Figures

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