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Enormous, Spooky Lego Victorians by Mike Doyle

Enormous, Spooky Lego Victorians by Mike Doyle sculpture Lego giant creepy architecture

Lego artist Mike Doyle creates these incredible Victorian mansions using no foreign materials, just pure tiny plastic bricks. The latest work on top, Victorian on Mud Heap, uses nearly 130,000 pieces and took 600 hours to complete. He says of the piece:

For me, this piece speaks to the inherent unpredictability of those things which we call our foundation. Like a little dollhouse, a seemingly secure home is plucked up and set on a new path. This charming home, lovingly embellished with ornamental fancy was no match for nature. The fancy embellishments serve as a reminder of our earlier focus on the material world, while the aftermath removes us from that focus. The piece offers no answers or necessarily any hope, but rather points to life’s fragility.

See more of Mike’s work in his Flickr stream. (via make)

A New Hyper Collage from Colin Johnson

A New Hyper Collage from Colin Johnson paper giant collage

Collage artist Colin Johnson (previously) has outdone himself in this recently completed collage entitled Everything and Nothing using hundreds of delicately sliced paper objects mounted on wood.

By Christopher on September 22, 2011 • collage giant paper

Otherworldly Paper Sculptures by Chun Kwang Young

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Sculptor Chun Kwang Young uses a seemingly infinite quantity of small foam wedges wrapped in Korean mulberry paper to create imposing, meteoric installations that seem to crack and splinter like fractals. Via the New York Times:

Chun’s preference for using natural dyes and handmade mulberry paper was born from childhood memories of his uncle’s pharmacy, where small medicinal herb parcels that were similarly wrapped with paper and hung in tight clusters from the ceiling in order to protect them from insects. [...] “I love nature and I want to live my life in harmony with nature,” he said. “Our ancestors lived modestly and simply, and thought all lives should be respected. “I hope my work can take this traditional Korean message forward to modern society.”

Like yesterday’s paintings by Kim Hyo-Suk it’s difficult to imagine without seeing these in person that they’re actually real. (images courtesy ravenel, nate dorr, mu-um, and jasmine trabelsi)

By Christopher on June 28, 2011 • giant multiples paper sculpture

Seen on the streets of Strasbourg

Seen on the streets of Strasbourg street art people giant France

A spectacular mural on the streets of Strasbourg, France by artists Jana + JS at the Sans Conservateur festival. (via unurth)

By Christopher on June 6, 2011 • France giant people street art

Hyper Collage

Hyper Collage paper giant drawing colors collage

St. Paul-based illustrator Colin Johnson creates these insanely intricate paper works that he dubs “hyper-collages”. Shown above is his latest piece, Effloresce, for which he also photographed a nice step-by-step series. See much more of his work on Flickr.

By Christopher on April 29, 2011 • collage colors drawing giant paper

Jigsaw Puzzle Collages

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Nürnberg-based artist Gerhard Mayer re-purposes thousands of pieces from jigsaw puzzles to create enormous, abstract collages that fill entire gallery walls. He uses a delicate process of layering sections of puzzles that have already been pieced together to create new images and textures. I cannot imagine how time consuming this is. See more of his work here.

By Christopher on April 14, 2011 • appropriation collage giant puzzles

DIY Webcam Giant

DIY Webcam Giant paper miniature home giant DIY computers

Architect Ryuji Nakamura thought of a brilliant way to convert his screen-mounted webcam into a miniature paper house that creates the illusion of turning him into a giant. Complete with tiny furniture. (via spoon & tamago)

By Christopher on February 14, 2011 • computers DIY giant home miniature paper

Eskmo: We Got More

Eskmo: We Got More video art music video giant animation

Fun new video for We Got More by Eskmo off of Ninja Tune. Kind of has a modern Terry Gilliam animation feel to it that I really dig. (via hirngerechte gestaltung)