Tag: sculptures

Michelangelo’s Baroque Rival: The Moving Sculptures of Gian Lorenzo Bernini

If artists as brilliant as Michelangelo and artworks as definitive as his “David” are rare, the year marking the 120th anniversary of that sculpture’s unveiling saw an event almost unparalleled in artistic history. For the first and maybe the last time, there was an artist who could rival Michelangelo both as a sculptor and a…


Colorado Sculptor Explains the Importance of Fostering Creativity and Helping Young Artists Soar

Do you have a budding Michelangelo or Georgia O’Keeffe in your home, and are you wondering how to guide him or her on the artist’s journey? We can take children to museums, provide them with art materials, talk about art, and sign them up for classes. We can watch videos and read books on how…


Artists Sculpt Old Cardboard Boxes to Make Stunningly Realistic Life-Size Lion Portraits in Loving Embrace

A pair of artists with wild ideas about the materials they use are sculpting naturalistic animals so gorgeous you won’t believe what they’re made of. A stunningly realistic portrait of a pair of lions in loving embrace are rendered with such elegant detail and finesse, it’s hard to fathom they’re made of old, used, worn…


Sculpting in Ice: Shintaro Okamoto’s Frozen Creations Have a Lifespan of Less Than a Day

In his studio in New York’s Long Island City in Queens, sculptor Shintaro Okamoto and his team of artisans create massive, detailed sculptures for the rich and famous, as well as for everyone else. Okamoto was born in Fukuoka, Japan, but his family moved to Alaska when he was 9 years old. It was his…


The Enigmatic Caves of Ajanta

In the remote Indian wilderness, miles from the small town of Ajanta, ancient man-made caves sit nearly 250 feet above a valley stream. It is the type of wondrous destination Westerners would expect to see in an adventurous Indiana Jones movie. Far from fictional however, the mysterious Ajanta Caves are a sacred complex of temple…


ZimSculpt Visits Southwest Florida

PUNTA GORDA, Florida–Brighton Layson sits staring intently at his hands as he methodically and meticulously chips away at a hard stone from his Zimbabwean homeland. Employing a craft that has been passed down through generations, he uses a hammer and chisel–relatively primitive tools–to turn the stone into a masterpiece. He and his countrymen are in…


Microsculpture Artist Uses Microscope to Carve Unbelievably Tiny Birds, Beasts, Buildings Smaller Than Pinhead

Making a piece of art smaller than a pinhead is a lot like life itself. Just ask microsculpture artist Marie Cohydon, 50, whose miniaturized creations taught her “to avoid believing that you have absolute control of the situation”—especially being the mother of an autistic child. “I had to deal with my son’s autism, an ordeal for…


Talented Artist Creates Incredibly Detailed Sand Sculptures Across the World

An Italian artist who spent his summers as a child building sandcastles at the seaside has turned his passion into a profession creating incredible sand sculptures around the world. Leonardo Ugolini, 52, who hails from Forlì, a town in the northeastern part of Italy, and is currently a resident of Lithuania, discovered an entire universe…


Newport Beach Seeks Public’s Help Choosing Public Art

Newport Beach is seeking the public’s opinion choosing the newest artworks to display at Civic Center Park. As part of the Invitational Sculpture Exhibition, the city’s Civic Center Park has 20 existing sculptures, 10 of which are replaced every spring. Officials are asking the public to help choose which pieces should be displayed next spring….