of the 'Sculpture' Category

I’m very much intrigued and a tiny bit in awe of Toronto-based illustrator Jessica Fortner‘s hand-sculpted illustrations. Her cleverly crafted creations remind us that the development of illustration doesn’t have to be confined to 2d forms made from digital tools. I especially like the humour that is created through her work, and I think this [...]

I stumbled on the striking and fun wooden toy sculptures of Pennsylvania-based Josh Finkle and wanted to learn more about them. I asked him a couple of questions to accompany these excellent photographs covering some of the work process and the finished products. How did you get into creating wooden toys? I’m a senior industrial [...]

Madrid-based artist Irma Gruenholz makes clever illustrations with clay. I like the depth of the works and how light diffuses realistically on all the elements of each scene. Irma shared with me her secret of floating objects in these pieces. That is to use wires to hold objects up before photographing the sets and digitally [...]

I love the simple and refreshing work of Tokyo born, but living in Amsterdam artist Hiyoko Imai. Her illustration series, that uses pieces of cut traditional Japanese papers on card to compose images, are extremely satisfying. Thank you Hiyoko MoonApe: Follow me on Twitter!

I spoke to ‘Gumtaro’ of toy design group Gumliens from Tokyo, Japan, who have an intriguing collection of hand-made toys, that I thought I would share, owing to the huge popularity and influence of collectible toys in Japan. 3D toy designs at Gumliens sprung out of various ideas and paintings made a few years ago [...]

Based in Beijing, China, Nod Young is a co-founder and Creative Director of Khaki Creative & Design and an artist whose passion lies in typography and graphic design. Although he is most keen on the design styles coming out of the UK and Japan, I was recently impressed with Nod’s series of illustrations based on [...]

I think it’s time for a post that looks in the other direction from what has come before in terms of the finished illustrated product. As such, I’m turning to Marshall Alexander’s paper toy creations, which demonstrate exceptional creativity, design fun and design flair. Based in The Netherlands, Marshall has worked as a videogame programmer [...]