Sculpture can be created with several different materials, including concrete. There are three ways to created a sculpture from concrete. Concrete sculptures can be created by casting the concrete, carving the concrete, or using wire mesh....
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CAREL VISSER REINFORCED CONCRETE SCULPTURE IN THE HAGUE, 1966 ...floating concrete!
Embedded within the eroded cement and marble pillars of artist Jamie North are a host of plants native to Australia. Kangaroo vines, Port Jackson figs, and kidney weeds wrap themselves around steel cables and grow from the crevices of the cracked stone forms, juxtaposing the industrial, human-made sculptures with organic elements. The lush greenery infuses the otherwise dilapidated structures with new life, which elicits a larger theme of regeneration. In a note to Colossal, North writes that he begins each vertical work with a geometric cast evoking the stately shapes of the tower and column. More
Limit everything to the essential, but do not remove the poetry. Dieter Rams
From concrete planters to tables, discover infinite projects for concrete pigment. It's amazing what colorful concrete art you can create!
TORSO by Marie Lund (2016/2015) Concrete, Cotton
Make this simple concrete lighted step-spook with household waste and some concrete fabric draping. He is small scale and portable.
In his latest body of work, In Flight, acclaimed animal photographer Mark Harvey reveals incredibly detailed photographs of everyday British birds, captured mid-flight as they go about their daily...
Fountain in Como, Cesare Cattaneo and Marco Radice, designed in 1935, built in 1960.
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Simone Boisecq, The Tree, 1953
Las Pozas ("the Pools") is a sculpture garden built by Edward James more than 2,000 feet (610 m) above sea level, in a tropical rain forest in the mountains of Mexico. It includes more than 80 acres (320,000 m2) of natural waterfalls and pools interlaced with towering Surrealist sculptures in concrete. Las Pozas is near the village of Xilitla, San Luis Potosí, a seven-hour drive north of Mexico City. In the early 1940s, James went to Los Angeles, and then decided that he "wanted a Garden of Eden set up . . . and I saw that Mexico was far more romantic” and had "far more room than there is in crowded Southern California.” In Cuernavaca, he hired Plutarco Gastelum, then a young manager of a telegraph office, as a guide. The two found Xilitla in November 1945. In Xilitla, Plutarco married a local woman and had four children. They all lived with "Uncle Edward", as the children called James, in a house Plutarco had built, a mock-Gothic cement castle, now a hotel - La Posada El Castillo. James owned hundreds of birds and about 40 dogs, and once took his pet boa constrictors to the Hotel Francis in Mexico City. Between 1949 and 1984, James built thirty-six concrete follies - palaces, temples and pagodas, including the House on Three Floors Which Will in Fact Have Five or Four or Six, the House with a Roof like a Whale, and the Staircase to Heaven. There were also plantings and beds full of tropical plants, including orchids - there were, apparently, 29,000 at Las Pozas at one time - and a variety of small casas (homes), niches, and pens that held exotic birds and wild animals from the world over. Massive sculptures up to four stories tall punctuate the site. The many trails throughout the garden site are composed of steps, ramps, bridges and narrow, winding walkways that traverse the valley walls. Construction of Las Pozas cost more than $5 million. To pay for it, James sold his collection of Surrealist art at auction. In the summer of 2007, the Fundación Pedro y Elena Hernández, the company Cemex, and the government of San Luis Potosí paid about $2.2 million for Las Pozas and created Fondo Xilitla, a foundation that will oversee the preservation and restoration of the site. There are plans not only to restore the garden to its former glory, but to put it on the world art map. In November 2007, those behind the revival met at the garden to discuss the plans for restoration, and to celebrate the centenary of James's birth. - Wikipedia Originally posted by: le-soleil-noir.livejournal.com
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Stairs spiral up to the sky in strange configurations, going nowhere, in a tangle of surrealist sculptural structures in a Mexican jungle. Why is this series of concrete wonders hidden within the lush vegetation of Xilitlha, and who put it there? The answer lies within the mind of Edward James, a 20th century art collector
Make your own mold for concrete, pour your own concrete objects, It's quite easy to do using this recipe for mold making material
Images of Jason deCaires Taylor's underwater museum creations found throughout the oceans and seas around the world.
2020 has been really difficult. If there's one thing we need more than anything else this year, it's hope. And it's exactly what multidisciplinary artist Daniel Popper has offered with his latest work.
