In 2010, artist Tom Tsuchiya (soo-chee-ya) created Atlas Recycled for the Ecosculpt Exhibition on Fountain Square in Cincinnati. The open air exhibition was held to raise awareness of ecological sculptures and to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. The 7-foot-tall sculpture depicts the mythical Greek titan Atlas bearing the earth on his shoulders and also doubles as a recycling receptacle for aluminum cans and plastic bottles. Tsuchiya constructed the sculpture’s internal structure from wood, […]

At first sight, you would probably confuse this typewriter as one of those ordinary scribbles. Perhaps, that was the intention behind the concept of German artist Martin Senn when he creates these playful, three dimensional sculptures using a wire. I think his works are more complicated than the first wire sculpture I featured in 2011. What do you think?   [via walltowatch]

Check out these fascinating sculptures created by Miami-based artist Augusto Esquivel using various sewing buttons of different shapes, sizes and colors. Esquivel makes use of a fishing line where he intricately places each button, and the results are fantastic! The artist says: I realize how insignificant and small a simple sewing button can be as it lays in my grandmother’s sewing box, but at the same time how unique and precious it […]