Sculpture
James Borden Doesn't Just Build Clocks, He Creates Sculptures that Tell Time
At the 32nd annual craft fair, the art and craft of the traditional clock takes on a whole new tick tock
Bronze Sculptures of Five Extinct Birds Land in Smithsonian Gardens
Artist Todd McGrain memorializes species long-vanished, due to human impact on their habitats, in his "Lost Bird Project"
The Hunt For Giant Easter Eggs Across New York City Is On
Not just any eggs—260 egg-shaped sculptures that range from ornate to modern
A Massive Aerial Sculpture Is Hoisted in Downtown Vancouver
Artist Janet Echelman combines ancient techniques with modern technology to create her largest-ever net sculpture for TED's 30th anniversary
Expecting? Cradle Your 3D Printed Fetus In The Meantime
A startup offers to create a life-like replica of your gestating child from ultrasound images
See the Inner Anatomy of Barbie, Mario and Mickey Mouse—Bones, Guts and All
Artist Jason Freeny transforms familiar childhood characters into realistic anatomical models
The Madame Tussaud of the American Colonies Was a Founding Fathers Stalker
Patience Wright remained independence-minded in her correspondence with Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson
Beautiful Anatomical Skeletons, Posed and Photographed As Sculptures
Photographer Patrick Gries transforms ordinary specimens, stripped of fur and flesh, into art that showcases motion, predation and evolution
Artists Join Scientists on an Expedition to Collect Marine Debris
Now, they are creating beautiful works from the trash they gathered on the 450-nautical-mile journey in the Gulf of Alaska
Do Our Brains Find Certain Shapes More Attractive Than Others?
A new exhibition in Washington, D.C., claims that humans have an affinity for curves—and there is scientific data to prove it
The Sounds of Pink Floyd, Daft Punk and James Brown, As Expressed by Flying Paint
Photographer Martin Klimas sets paint atop a speaker and cranks the volume, snapping shots as the boom of music pulses paint into the air
Diana Beltran Herrera’s Flock of Paper Birds
We are not talking origami here. The Colombian artist has created paper sculptures of more than 100 species, and they are startlingly realistic
Sonic Bloom! A New Solar-Powered Sculpture
Dan Corson's latest installation in Seattle—flower sculptures that light up at night—show that solar energy is viable even in the cloudy Pacific Northwest
The Gorgeous Shapes of Sea Butterflies
Cornelia Kavanagh's sculptures magnify tiny sea butterflies—ocean acidification's unlikely mascots—hundreds of times
Sharks Made Out of Golf Bags? A Look at the Big Fish in Contemporary Art
Intrigued by the powerful hunters, artists have made tiger sharks, great whites and hammerheads the subjects of sculpture
Horticultural Artists Grow Fantastical Scenes at the Montréal Botanical Garden
Take a peek at some of the living artwork entered in an international competition in Quebec this summer
How to Grow a Nanogarden
In a lab at Harvard University, Wim Noorduin cultivates microscopic crystalline flowers in glass beakers
Creepy or Cool? Portraits Derived From the DNA in Hair and Gum Found in Public Places
Artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg reconstructs the faces of strangers from genetic evidence she scavenges from the streets
An Artist Creates Artificial Fog in San Francisco
Fujiko Nakaya works with an unusual medium. The Japanese artist is sculpting fog clouds at the Exploratorium's new site at Pier 15
Fresh Off the 3D Printer: Henry Segerman’s Mathematical Sculptures
A research fellow at the University of Melbourne has found a sneaky way to convert math haters to math lovers. He turns complex geometries into art
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