Fascinating Gourd Lamps

Calabarte or Przemek designs and sculpts these amazing lamps made from African gourds.

After 7 years of  studies and a background in building engineering he decided that the gourds were what he wanted to continue doing. So he travelled to Senegal and brought back some of the gourds that he carves and sculpts.

*You can see more of Calabarte’s fascinating gourd lamps on Demilked or Calabarte

Wim Devoyle Car Tyre Art

 

Belgian artist, Wim Delvoye creates works of art from found objects, like car tyre’s. He calls his approach to his own art, “Glocal”, referring to both local and global actions. [Read more...]

Carved Book Landscapes

Multidisciplinary artist Guy Laramee has for the past 3 decades worked as a stage writer, director, composer, a fabricator of musical instruments, a singer, sculptor, painter and writer. Among his sculptural works are an incredible series of carved book landscapes and structures entitled Biblios and The Great Wall. The old books’ pages are carved into serene mountains, plateaus and prehistoric structures.

You can see more of Guy’s carved book landscapes on his website. [Read more...]