Incredible photographs of found object sculptures by Thomas Albdorf.
Showing posts with label found objects. Show all posts
Showing posts with label found objects. Show all posts
Swimming Cities Takes to the Ganges
For the unfamiliar, Swimming Cities is a project (originally formed by the artist Swoon) in which artists and performers sail handmade boats, adding to them with found objects and staging performances from their floating homes along the way. So far they've sailed down the Mississippi, the Hudson River and across the Adriatic from Slovenia to Venice.
They're now taking on their most ambitious voyage yet, planning to float down India's Ganges River in what they're calling "Swimming Cities of the Ocean of Blood". Their plan is to stop in towns and villages as they traverse the river, collaborating with local craftsmen to customize and embellish their boats in the local style. They'll arrive complete in Varanasi, after what is sure to be a pretty intense 400 mile trip. Check out their plan, visit the photo gallery, learn more about the collective and donate to their cause here.
Gabriel Dishaw
Gabriel Dishaw creates these crazy sculptural shoes from discarded materials such as glass, scrap metal, plastic and wood. The site itself needs a little help, but these shoes are pretty insane.
Fabian Seiz
Austrian artist Fabian Seiz creates these sculptures from found objects and reclaimed wood. Via Designboom.
The Mountain Label
Just received an update from Christopher Bettig of The Mountain Label, and from installations to iphone cases to turning found objects into sculpture, he's been up to some pretty awesome stuff as always.
Rupert Blanchard
Recycling previously trashed furniture by combining odds and ends into inventive new pieces, Rupert Blanchard creates gold from our discards. Via It's Nice That.
Mark Bradford
Mark Bradford transforms materials scavenged from the street into wall-sized collages and installations that respond to the impromptu networks - underground economies, migrant communities, or popular appropriation of abandoned public space - that emerge within a city.
Brooklyn Rehab
Brooklyn Rehab takes handmade, vintage found objects and gives them a new life. Beautiful objects and a noble cause, to boot.
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