“Pneu” by Belgian artist Wim Delvoye is a series of carved car tires. I love the detail and the contrast between the artistry and the original function of the object. [via Cool Hunting] More: Wim Delvoye’s steel art Mini Cloaca – Desktop digester Cold Cut Marble Floor
Rachel @ CRAFT spotted this laser cut steel table cover by Imogen Luddy, inspired by a piece of 16th century Italian lace.
Anish Kapoor and Factum Arte developed a cement printing process to create the art piece Greyman cries, Shaman Dies, Billowing Smoke, Beauty Evoked.
Cory “I can spell squidgey however I want” Doctorow points us at Nick Turvey’s Venus, currently on display outside the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. It’s carved urethane foam, coated in rubber, over a stainless steel skeleton, and yields nauseatingly and/or delightfully to the touch. [via Boing Boing]
I can’t really think of anything pithy to say about advertising and design student Stephanie Casper’s knitted meat series. But I will say that all the pieces are awesome (and meaty)!
Last year, artist Kyle McDonald was trying to figure out ways to get high-frequency analog signals out of his computer, and noticed that nice VGA connector on the side of the computer.
Douglas Coupland is the sculptor responsible for this luscious voxel orca sculpture outside the Vancouver convention center. See a few more pictures after the jump! [Thanks, Andrew Salomone!]
