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Only Nails, Always Different: Artist John Bisbee’s Life of Sculpting with Nails
While in college, artist John Bisbee was scavaging in an abandoned house looking for items to incorporate into a series of found-object sculptures when he kicked over a bucket of old rusty nails. To...
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New Nail Sculptures by John Bisbee That Twist Across Floors and Walls
John Bisbee (previously) has worked with nails as a sculptural medium since he accidentally toppled a bucket of them years ago and was astonished to see how they remained intact, rusted and fused into...
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Figurative Found Wood Sculptures Pierced with Hundreds of Nails by Jaime Molina
Artist Jaime Molina works in 2, 2.5, and 3 dimensions, translating his aesthetic from large-scale paintings to sculptures, while also producing pieces that exist somewhere in-between. In this...
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Mysterious Wooden Characters Adorned with Leaves and Nails by Jaime Molina
Heads facing downward, eyes closed, the figures inhabiting the world of painter and sculptor Jaime Molina (previously) seem to be in a state of deep contemplation or sorrow. Or maybe they’re just...
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Writhing Organic Sculptures Formed from Nails by John Bisbee
Viper, Welded Spikes, “Out of the Garden.” Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA, Dimensions Variable, 2016. Photo: Nick Benfey. Over the past three decades, artist John Bisbee (previously) has dedicated...
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Carved Wood Sculptures by Phil Young Appear to Stretch, Twist, and Tear...
“Grasp” Artist Phil Young twists the commonly-held perception of wood as a stiff material in his mind-bending sculptures made of polished wood and metal. Each artwork focuses on a single piece of wood...
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Dense Fields of Colored String Comprise Expressive Portraits by Artist Joshua...
All images © Joshua Adokuru, shared with permission Blending sturdy metal with the soft warmth of wool, Joshua Adokuru winds vibrant fibers around precisely placed nails that anchor his expressive and...
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Nails Puncture Inscrutable Characters Carved in Wood by Artist Jaime Molina
All images © Jaime Molina, courtesy of Paradigm Gallery, shared with permission Mysterious and enigmatic, the wooden figures that occupy Jaime Molina’s imagined world appear to be in perpetual states...
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In ‘Colonial Ruptures,’ Artist Sharif Bey Defies the Constraints of Time...
Artist Sharif Bey centers his practice around recontextualizing, a process he undertakes by fracturing long-held perspectives through fragments. His figurative sculptures unify disparate materials and...
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