Artists

James Lake So not so fun fact about James Lake is that he developed bone cancer at the age of 17 years old. He had his right leg amputated along with 11 months of chemotherapy. He picked cardboard because you don't need an art studio and it's beyond traditional. Cardboard is a good and recyclable material and you could make sculptures out of your own trash and it's great and he saw it that way too. Anatomy is definitely something he captures well. Chris Gilmour: So Chris does sculptures out of cardboard and glue that can be very easily recognized. He uses cardboard that would originally be discarded and instead turns it into art. He makes things like manufactured goods using these pieces of cardboard. They aren't sculptures of things we haven't all seen before and they're really cool!!! I love his work!

Wire Sculptors Elizabeth Berrien: So when I was trying to figure out the people to do this blog on, the cat wire sculpture caught my eye. Elizabeth Berrien was one of the biggest and leading people in the wire sculpture movement when it became big. Her sculptures can be found around the world in a lot of places like art galleries, museums and parks. " She was inspired by her tutor Kenneth Curran who, giving her a roll of wire said, ‘Here, kid, take this wire and mess with it,’ and this was a great lesson for her." (http://infomory.com/famous/famous-wire-sculpture-artists/). She also seems to put detail into her wire sculptures instead of making small and less detailed ones which I really like.  Derek Kinzett: So the difference between Derek and Elizabeth is that Elizabeth does animal sculptors and Derek does full body human sculptures which require a lot more wire and patience. The sculptures also are in poses and that means a lot of bending and yes there...

Ted Talk Response So I chose to write this on Yarn Bombing. This talk was released in 2015 and the speaker is Magda Sayeg. She talks about the desensitization of the real world and how everyone is so connected to technology. She states that some may find a connection with seeing a stop sign pole wrapped in yarn. It's really interesting because she has a point. We don't really think to look around and when we do and we see something odd like maybe a bus covered in yarn and I mean COVERED, you look at it differently. She had started wrapping things she'd seen everyday like a door handle in yarn. The yarn bombed areas got people out of their cars and houses, it hooked people and wasn't harming anyone. I thought it was nice. It can get people to think and look outside and see something real I guess you could say. She wanted to do something big that caught attention since it brought her joy and it was her passion. Wrapping objects in knitting has become a thing arou...

Daniel Bel Daniel Bel is a 3d artist who uses computer graphics for his work. He does computer sculpting and he's and art director. He was born in Buenos Aires in Argentina. He's been doing this work for about 15 years. He's well known across the internet and a lot of his work is well known as well. The piece most people know is called Beowulf 3D and it was created using 3D Max, Vray and Zbrush. I even found his Facebook page haha. So he is known online pretty well and his works are so good and detailed and they make me think of video games since his sculptures or most of them are of characters like Batman or Superman. Below are 5 of his works: