These rope sculptures were done by artist Mozart Guerra out of France, and they’re really impressive.  You don’t typically think of rope when you think of sculpture art, but somehow he really makes it work.  The pieces incorporating different colored rope are particularly compelling, the way the different colors stripe them and give them a strange sort of contrast. The sculptures are 3-D models that are wrapped with rope afterward...

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In case you can’t tell, that’s the EYE OF A NEEDLE framing most of these sculptures. Sculptor Willard Wigan made these eye-straining creations using grains of rice and sugar crystals.  Even after looking at them, I’m still barely able to believe they really exist. It’s sort of like looking at the moon at night and thinking that there were people up there bouncing around at one point. Bravo, Mr. Wigan. You’ve...

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Further proof that inspiration is all around us, artist Heather Jansch made these incredible horse sculptures from driftwood she found on the beach. Some of the larger sculptures have metal frames and are coated in fiberglass to help support their weight. One of the things I love about design is taking something ordinary and making it interesting, turning it into something compelling that sticks out to people. These sculptures are a perfect...

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One of the reasons I love paper art is because it looks so simple and easy, but if you’ve ever tried to cut, shape, fit, and paste paper into designs like this, you quickly realized just how much skill and time it takes to create these works of art. These works by artist Carlos Meira are a fun mix of detail, color, and finesse. I would really like to see him do some sort of illustrated book in this style of...

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