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Category: Sculpture & Craft

From public works to private masterpieces, here are some of the most beautiful, strange, surreal and sublime sculptures and crafts in the world.

Gingerbread City: Hyper-Detailed Edible Replica of New York Built to Scale

It’s not unusual for architecture enthusiasts to drool over elaborate scale models, but edible materials definitely add an extra dimension to our hunger for accurate miniature details. More ...

Wild Waste: Giant Trash Animals Nest Inside Abandoned Las Vegas Motel

A classic mid-century roadside motel in Las Vegas has been turned into a fantastically colorful habitat for a series of huge animals, constructed from waste collected from dumpsters, abandoned ...

We Could All Use a Little More Chindogu, the Japanese Art of Useless Inventions

A little bit Dada, a little bit "only sold on television," intentionally useless inventions called Chindogu look like a bunch of plastic junk at first glance, but there’s more to it than that. ...

Exhibits On The Beach: Sculpture By The Sea Makes Waves

'Sculpture by the Sea' returns to Sydney's beautiful Bondi Beach, featuring awesome open-air art exhibits by over 130 artists from 21 countries. Now celebrating its 22nd year on the ...

File Under Fiction: Artful Self-Help Book Covers Speak to Human Conditions

Like the old "picture worth 1,000 words" adage, these book covers use just a little language and as context for larger messages. Perhaps the more appropriate phrase would be some turn on: "what ...

Mobile Moon Museum: A Massive Lunar Replica Exhibit is Circling the Globe

This 23-foot scale model of the moon is making its way around the world, allowing viewers to get close and see the many facets of this amazing celestial object. Each centimeter on the replica ...

Unstable Housing: Balancing ReActor Building Tilts as its Occupants Move

Off-kilter balancing buildings that seem to defy gravity are more common than you might think, but most of them don’t tilt like a see-saw when their occupants walk from one side of the house to ...

Step On It: Life-Size LEGO Teardrop Trailer Travels Well

A plastic fantastic, life-size LEGO teardrop trailer made from over 200,000 assorted LEGO bricks boasts electric power, running water and a fold-up bed. Given enough LEGO bricks, plenty of ...

Honeymoon Cruiser: A Bizarre Russian Wedding Coach

This 'Exclusive Limo' based on Chrysler's late and unlamented PT Cruiser was designed to transport Russian about-to-be-weds in, er, style. You had one job, wedding coach designer... and ...

Whale of a Sculpture: Repurposing 5 Tons of Plastic Pollution Ocean Pollution

Standing nearly 40 feet tall, this giant arcing whale is composed entirely of plastic waste gathered from the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, carefully assembled in a canal of Bruges, ...

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