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Medium: Found Objects
"Orange Kobra", needlepoint embroidery, vintage telephone
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Yellow Kobra" is an original piece by Ulla-Stina Wikander as a free standing sculpture. This piece is made from sourced forest landscape vintage needlepoint embroidery and expertly ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Thread, Found Objects, Textile
Jesse Hickman, Note Three Twenty Seven Sixteen F, 2016, Enamel, Wood, Glue
Located in Darien, CT
Over the past few years, Jesse Hickman has been making minimal abstract paintings on wood with few constraints. He calls this series Notes, thinking of these pieces as drawn sketches...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
"Chimaera: Green #14", Reconstructed egg sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Chimaera: Green #14" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, and PVA. This piece measures 2.75”h x 2”w x 2”d and ships with the pic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Glue, Found Objects, Mica, Organic Material, Acrylic
Bronze Relief of Construction Blocks in Wooden Cart, 2025 - 'Big Set'
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Conrad Willems’ “Big Set” is a bronze sculpture that reimagines the wooden construction blocks central to his artistic practice. Encased in one of the small wooden carts the artist u...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Chimaera: Green #13", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Chimaera: Green #13" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, and PVA. This piece measures 3.5”h x 2.5”w x 2.5”d and ships with the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Glue, Found Objects, Mica, Organic Material, Acrylic
"Forager" Single day found object assemblages, copper, wood, wax, stone, paper
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Mixed media, collage. This piece titled "Forager" is an original artwork made from mixed media: cut prints, maquettes and single day sculptures, found objects in vintage frame by Katie VanVliet. This piece measures 24"h x 60"w x 4"d. This piece was debuted during the artist's solo exhibition, "Forager" displayed at Awbury Arboretum.
Katie VanVliet (she/her) is a sculptor and printmaker practicing from her home studio in Elkins Park...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media, Color
"Modus Volito Rusticus 17", Abstract, Found Object, Free-Standing Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This free-standing abstract sculpture titled "Modus Volito Rusticus 17" is an original artwork by Hyland Mather made of lost objects, acrylic, aerosol, steel and is ink signed on the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Steel
"Present", Embroidered landscape wrapped into flower, ribbon, and book sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Present" is an original piece by Ulla-Stina Wikander that can be wall-mounted or be free standing. This piece is made from sourcing vintage needlepoint embroidery and expertly hand-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Thread, Found Objects, Textile
"Cornbread Global Phenomenon Shield", Acrylic on Vintage Street Sign, Graffiti
By Cornbread
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This artwork titled "Cornbread Global Phenomenon Shield" is an original artwork by Cornbread made of acrylic paint on a retired Amsterdam street sign. The piece measures 80cm / 31.5i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Acrylic
Luna- 21st Century, Contemporary Sculpture, Figurative, Recycling
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Aparici's work is characterized by simplicity, since most of his pieces bring together few elements, resulting in very elegant compositions with simple lines, which together with his...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects
Bronze Sculpture, Brass, Metal, Iron found objects by Indian Artist "In stock"
By Narayan Sinha
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Narayan Sinha - Ganesha - 30 x 14 x 4 inches
Brass, Iron, Metal and Found Objects.
The artist uses discarded materials such as automobile parts, utensils, latches, locks, keys, wood, nuts and metal scrap to create sculptures and installations that tell the story.
Style : For sculptor, Narayan Sinha, art is all about celebrating beauty. Sinha is mostly known for his installations created with junk automobile parts, metal drums, fuel tanks of kerosene stoves...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Brass, Iron
"His Name Was Writ in Acrylic Paint" - Abstract Assemblage
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract expressionist oil painting with assembled objects by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Splashes of gold paint are applied to a wood panel, with a few bits of burnt umber. Several objects - including a paint tube, cotton balls, and a miniature painting - are attached to the panel.
Signed "Michael Pauker", titled "His Name Was Writ in Acrylic Paint", and dated "2017" on verso.
There is a note from the artist that this is the top of a two-part piece, but the whereabouts of the bottom half are unknown.
Unframed.
Image size: 20"H x 24"W
Bay Area artist and art educator Michael Pauker was born in New York in 1957 and knew he wanted to be an artist from the age of 15. He earned a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts at SUNY Purchase in his native state of New York. In 1989 he went on to earn an M.F.A at Mills College in Oakland and was awarded the City of Oakland Artist Fellowship in Painting. He has been a Bay Area resident since 1988. His work has been exhibited widely across the U.S., as well as in Japan and Costa Rica, and is included in the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Exhibitions include:
2007 Contemporary Art Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica
2007 “The Ebay Art Project,” Works/San Jose, San Jose, CA
2003 “Found Imagery: The Art of Collage,” Fresno Art Museum,Fresno, CA
2003 “Cut, Copy, Paste,” De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
2003 “20th Annual Exhibition,” Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2002 “40 by 40...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Plastic, Paper, Found Objects, Cotton, Wood Panel
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"How Does My Hair Look?" Assembled hair scrunchies, vibrant, synthetic fibers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"How does my hair look?" is an original piece by Sarah Detweiler made from scrunchies, synthetic hair, and yarn. This piece measures 32" diameter.
Detweiler has found catharsis and joy in recalling her own experiences as a child of the 80s and a teen of the 90s, during what seemed like a simpler time. Likewise, the "Memory Palace" collection offers a reprieve from the strange and complex reality of life in the 21st Century, for adults and children alike, inviting viewers to fall “down the rabbit hole” into a warped reimagination of vignettes from Detweiler’s youth.
The exhibition title refers to a mnemonic memorization technique known as the “Method of Loci” through which information is retained and retrieved by conscious mental association with a specific physical location. In the context of Detweiler’s work, each painting, object, and installation functions as a “room” in the artist’s “memory palace,” with specific memories encapsulated therein. The visual representations of Detweiler’s memories are skewed from reality, like the memories themselves, from super-sized silly putty to hand-stitched static from the late-night glow of a television set.
About Sarah Detweiler
Sarah Detweiler is a Philadelphia area-based visual artist translating her experiences into figurative and narrative mixed media paintings. She has a BFA in Visual Communications from University of Delaware and a master's degree in Art Therapy from Pratt.
Sarah is an award-winning artist who has shown her work in solo and group exhibitions in galleries across the country and virtually. She exhibits regularly at Paradigm Gallery in Philadelphia where she has had 2 sold out solo exhibitions. Her work has also been seen on television and film...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Textile, Synthetic, Yarn, Found Objects
Cohete V - 21st Century, Contemporary Sculpture, Figurative, Recycled Objects
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Miquel Aparici's sculptures are surprising assemblages made from old objects that had other uses in the past, and which the artist recovers and uses in a creative and ingenious way. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media
"Fresh Cut: Cornbread the Legend", Acrylic on Wood, Graffiti, Street Art
By Cornbread
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This artwork titled "Fresh Cut: Cornbread the Legend" is an original artwork by Cornbread made of acrylic paint on wood. The piece measures 89.5cm x 125cm / 35.25in x 49.25in unframe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Found Objects, Acrylic
"Expecting to Fly", Found Object assemblage, reconstructed egg
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Expecting to Fly" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from 30 repaired chicken eggs, brass, rubber, steel, plastic, and mica. This piece measures app...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Steel
Kathleen Vance, Traveling Landscape, Luce, 2017, Resin, Found Objects, Lights
Located in Darien, CT
Kathleen Vance explores environmental issues such as water conservation and protection through positive stewardship of the land. She looks to convey an appreciation of nature and tra...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Found Objects, Lights
Can Man (Make Graffiti Fun Again), animatronic dancing spray can, black & gray
By NTEL
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Animatronic spray can sculpture by NTEL that dances and shakes its hips when plugged in. Made with felt, polymer and acrylic and includes cardboard black and silver brick wall. Gen...
Category
2010s Street Art Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Felt, Found Objects, Acrylic, Polymer
"SOMEWHERE ELSE #3", Watercolor on Sal Leaf Plate, Black Frame, White, Tan, Gold
By Eva Ennist
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Eva Ennist, a mixed media and fiber artist, travels extensively through the Far East, gathering materials and techniques for her practice. The artwork "SOMETHING ELSE #3" uses materi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Watercolor, Organic Material, Wood, Found Objects, Mixed Media
Assembler Naranja N°1 and N°2. Abstract Mixed Media Wall Sculpture
Located in Miami Beach, FL
For many, rusty materials, pieces of glass or plastic fragments are not rubbish that should be left in the trash can.Finkelman's creative sensitivity has made these materials irrepla...
Category
2010s Minimalist Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Coin Cunt XXXVIII
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Coin Cunt XXXVIII" is an original artwork made from kiss-lock coin purses and thread by Suzanna Scott. This piece measures approx. 4"x4", size varies
Suzanna Scot...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Thread, Found Objects
"Cornbread Tags De Telegraaf: First Element of Hip Hop 1965", Acrylic on Paper
By Cornbread
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This artwork titled "Cornbread Tags De Telegraaf: First Element of Hip Hop 1965" is an original artwork by Cornbread made of acrylic paint on newspaper. The piece measures 58cm x 41c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Acrylic, Newsprint
The Janitor, Free Standing Indoor Sculpture
By Kay Ritter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Kay Ritter
Title: Janitor
Medium: Painted Papier-mache on Metal Base, with mop, duster, scrubbing brush, and key chain
Year: c. 1983
Size: 52 x 28 x 30 in. (132.08 x 71.12...
Category
1980s Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"Petroleum Bubble Sunsets" Custom ALIFE sneakers, Abstract dimensional paint
By PJ Linden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Petroleum Bubble Sunsets (pair)" is an original artwork by PJ Linden and is made from dimensional paint on ALIFE Leather Suede Sneakers. This piece measures 6.5"h x 8.5'w 11"d each shoe.
Linden uniquely refines the use of non-traditional mediums, such as the kitschy, dimensional fabric paint, oft-referred to as puff paint, seeking to transfigure the biological into the supernatural, as filtered through the prism of a consumerist culture predicated upon the synthetic and the mass-produced.
Born 1985 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. PJ Linden is a New York City and Pennsylvania-based fine artist known for her abstract, three-dimensional work. She paints with machine-like precision, creating microscopic patterns on found objects, fashion, and technology. Linden got her start working with Patricia Field, creating custom, one-of-a-kind art and fashion under the name Wonderpuss Octopus. At Field's iconic, namesake boutique, Linden's work caught the eye of celebrity clients including Beyonce, Willow Smith, Kelly Osborne, and Solange Knowles...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Leather, Paint, Found Objects, Textile
"Fault Lines: Bantam #B7", reconstructed egg sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Fault Lines: Bantam #B7" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, and PVA. This piece measures 2”h x 1.5”w x 1.5”d and ships with th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Mica, Acrylic, Organic Material, Found Objects, Glue
Contemporary Mixed Media Wall Sculpture, Installation, Crocheted Found Material
By John Garrett
Located in St. Louis, MO
John Garrett was raised in southern New Mexico by parents who were both educators. They instilled in him an appreciation for the handmade with their collections of Native American a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media, Other Medium
"Fault Lines: Bantam #B6", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Fault Lines: Bantam #B6" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, and PVA. This piece measures 2”h x 1.5”w x 1.5”d and ships with th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Glue, Mica, Found Objects
Bethany Krull Cat Tree Ceramic Paper Clay Green Conceptual Modern Sculpture
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original hand built porcelain and paper sculpture by contemporary conceptual American artist Bethany Krull.
Cattree, 2019
Paper, paint, wire, soil, found table
This work is currently featured in the artist's solo exhibition inside The Corridors Gallery at Hotel Henry...
Category
2010s Conceptual Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Clay, Found Objects, Handmade Paper
Superpowers
By Kelly Kozma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This fabric work titled "Squeaking By" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma made of hand embroidery, stickers, glitter paper and acrylic paint on paper. The piece measures 13”h by 1...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Thread, Found Objects
"Chimaera: Green #8", reconstructed egg sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Chimaera: Green #8" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, and PVA. This piece measures 2.75”h x 2”w x 2”d and ships with the pict...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Glue, Found Objects, Mica, Organic Material, Acrylic
Mantis - 21st Century, Contemporary Sculpture, Figurative, Recycled Objects
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Miquel Aparici's sculptures are surprising assemblages made from old objects that had other uses in the past, and which the artist recovers and uses in a creative and ingenious way. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media
Waiting to Exhale, Accumulation Cigar Sculpture by Arman
Located in Long Island City, NY
A unique sculpture by the French artist, Arman. This collection of world-class cigars encased in clear resin is a quintessential piece from Arman's 'Accumulations' period in which he...
Category
1990s Modern Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Mixed Media, Found Objects
"Day in the Life: Chimaera #16", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Day in the Life: Chimaera #16" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshell, mica, and acrylic. This piece measures 4”h x 2.5”w x 2.5”d, and is ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Glue, Found Objects, Acrylic, Mica, Organic Material
Everyone gets Due Process, Right?
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
KAT FLYN is a self-taught assemblage artist working presently out of San Diego. She began her career as a costume designer in Southern California. Over the years she amassed a trove ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Wood, Mixed Media
"A FLATNESS IN THE EYES", Assemblage Wall-Hanging, Found Objects, Threat, Paint
By Jim Houser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This artwork "A FLATNESS IN THE EYES" is an original assemblage artwork by Jim Houser. Incorporating various dimensional elements and techniques, such as painting and found objects, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Thread, Found Objects, Acrylic
"Bacongo Statue, Used as Fetish - Zaire, " Wood, Glass Feathers, & Cloth
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This wood statue, used as a fetish, was created by an unknown Bacongo artist in Zaire. The Kongo people (also Bakongo) are a Bantu ethnic group primarily defined as the speakers of K...
Category
Early 1900s Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Glass, Wood, Found Objects
Coin Cunt XL
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Coin Cunt XL" is an original artwork made from kiss-lock coin purses and thread by Suzanna Scott. This piece measures approx. 4"x4", size varies
Suzanna Scott is ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Thread
"Day in the Life: Green #90", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Day in the Life: Green #90" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshell, mica, and acrylic. This piece measures 4”h x 2.5”w x 2.5”d, and is shi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Glue, Found Objects, Acrylic, Mica, Organic Material
Margaret Roleke, War and Religion, 2016, children's toys, enamel, wood, LEDs
Located in Darien, CT
In the body of work for “Child’s Play” Roleke has created diminutive worlds in which toys tell the story of consumption, consumerism, war, and the misuse of power and religion. The m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
The Florist, Free Standing Indoor Sculpture
By Kay Ritter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Kay Ritter
Title: Florist
Medium: Papier-mache with metal watering can, glasses, papier-mache flowers
Year: 1995
Size: 57 x 24 x 14 in. (...
Category
1980s Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Margaret Roleke, Toyland, 2016, children's toys, spray enamel, wood
Located in Darien, CT
In the body of work for “Child’s Play” Roleke has created diminutive worlds in which toys tell the story of consumption, consumerism, war, and the misuse of power and religion. The m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
"Fault Lines: Bantam #B4", Reconstructed egg sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Fault Lines: Bantam #B4" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, and PVA. This piece measures 2”h x 1.5”w x 1.5”d and ships with th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Mica, Acrylic, Organic Material, Found Objects, Glue
Conny Goelz Schmitt "Flyover" Vintage Book Parts Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
"I create geometric collages, assemblages and sculptures with vintage book parts. My work is a never-ending story where I play with deconstruction and reconstruction, and changing di...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects
"Chimaera: Brown #4", Reconstructed egg sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Chimaera: Brown #4" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, and PVA. This piece measures 3.75”h x 2”w x 2”d and ships with a displa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Glue, Found Objects, Mica, Organic Material
"Day in the Life: Green #49", Reconstructed egg sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "This piece titled "Day in the Life: Chimaera #12" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshell, mica, and acrylic. This piece measures 4”h x 2.5...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Glue, Found Objects, Acrylic, Mica, Organic Material
"Chimaera: Brown #2", Found Object Sculpture, Egg Motif
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Chimaera: Brown #2" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, and PVA. This piece measures 3.75”h x 2”w x 2”d and ships with the pict...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Mica, Acrylic, Organic Material, Found Objects, Glue
Conny Goelz Schmitt "Flaming Buttress" Vintage Book Parts Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
"I create geometric collages, assemblages and sculptures with vintage book parts. My work is a never-ending story where I play with deconstruction and reconstruction, and changing di...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects
"NNNAPES!" Abstract, wall hanging sculpture, found objects
By Jim Houser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "NNNAPES!" is an original artwork by Jim Houser and is made of assembled objects. This piece measures approximately 30.5”h x 30.5”w x 7”d and ships in the pictured ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Acrylic
Thinking About the Old Carpet & the Air Hockey Table
By Kelly Kozma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This fabric work titled "Thinking About the Old Carpet & the Air Hockey Table" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma made of hand embroidery and photographs...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Thread, Found Objects
"Oldies Swing", Abstract Patterns, Geometric Abstraction, Woodcut, Monoprint
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Oldies Swing" is an original piece by Alexis Nutini and is made from a woodcut and and found object stencil monoprint mounted on panel. This piece measures 19"h x ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Wood Panel, Monoprint, Woodcut
"Cornbread Change The World 1965 Shield", Acrylic on Street Sign, Graffiti
By Cornbread
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This artwork titled "Cornbread Change The World 1965 Shield" is an original artwork by Cornbread made of acrylic paint on a retired Amsterdam street sign. The piece measures 80cm / 3...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Acrylic
Loren Eiferman, Nature Will Heal, 108 Pieces of Wood, 2016, Wood, Found Objects
Located in Darien, CT
Over many decades Loren Eiferman has created and mastered a unique technique of working with wood—her primary material.
First, she begins with a drawing of an idea. Then she takes a daily walk in the woods surrounding her studio and collects tree limbs and long sticks that have fallen to the ground. She never chops down a living tree or uses green wood. Eiferman allows the wood time to cure in the studio to make sure it won’t check or crack.
Next, she debarks the branch and looks for shapes found within each piece of wood. Using a Japanese hand saw, she cuts and connect these small shapes together using dowels and wood glue. Then, all the open joints get filled with a home made putty, which is then sanded so she can see the newly formed shapes. This process is until the new sculpture appears like the original line drawing but in space. She wants the work to appear as if it grew in nature, when in fact each sculpture is composed of over 100 small pieces of wood that are seamlessly jointed together. Her work can be called the ultimate recycling: taking the detritus of nature and giving it a new life.
We have all at one point or another picked up a stick from the ground—touched the wood, peeled the bark off with our fingernails. Her work taps into that same primal desire of touching nature and being close to it. Trees connect us back to nature, back to this Earth. Her work has a meditative quality to it—a quiet, calming energy.
Her influences are many; from looking at nature and plant life on this Earth to researching the heavenly bodies in the images beamed back from the Hubble Telescope. From studying ancient Buddhist mandalas and designs to delving deeper into quantum physics. And from researching mysterious manuscripts to studying the patterns inside our brains.
For Invocation, we are exhibiting her newest body of work, inspired by the illustrations found in the Voynich Manuscript. This 250-page book, is believed to have been written in the early 15th century, of a mysterious origin and purpose.
Written in an unknown language and currently housed at Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book Library, the manuscript has eluded all attempts in the intervening centuries to decode or decipher its purpose and meaning. This enigmatic book is divided into 6 different sections (herbal, astronomical, biological, cosmological, pharmaceutical and recipes).
Having discovered the images contained in this codex over the Internet, Eiferman felt an immediate, profound and inexplicable connection to this manuscript and its creator.
The artist is currently transposing the “herbal” section of manuscript into sculptures. This section has drawings in it of plants and flowers that do not really exist in nature—past or present. These aren’t just pretty images of flowers—they also contain the wacky root systems and seemingly out of proportion leaves, stamens and pistils.
Loren Eiferman was born in Brooklyn, NY. She received her BFA from SUNY Purchase. Her work has been exhibited extensively throughout the Tri-State region including gallery and museum exhibitions in the Hudson Valley and Connecticut. Her work is included in numerous corporate and private art collections.
In 2014 she was awarded a NYC MTA Arts & Design art commission to produce steel railings...
Category
2010s Abstract Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Found Objects
Assembler Violeta N° 1, 2 and 3 .Abstract Mixed Media Wall Sculpture
Located in Miami Beach, FL
For many, rusty materials, pieces of glass or plastic fragments are not rubbish that should be left in the trash can.Finkelman's creative sensitivity has made these materials irrepla...
Category
2010s Minimalist Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"Cornbread Tags De Telegraaf: King of Graffiti", Acrylic on News Paper, Graffiti
By Cornbread
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This artwork titled "Cornbread Tags De Telegraaf: King of Graffiti" is an original artwork by Cornbread made of acrylic paint on newspaper. The piece measures 58cm x 41cm / 22.75in x...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Acrylic, Newsprint
"Day in the Life: Green #82", reconstructed egg sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Day in the Life: Green #82" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshell, mica, and acrylic. This piece measures 4”h x 2.5”w x 2.5”d, and is shi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Glue, Found Objects, Acrylic, Mica, Organic Material
"Cornbread The King Of Graffiti Shield (Blue)", Acrylic on Street Sign, Graffiti
By Cornbread
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This artwork titled "Cornbread The King Of Graffiti Shield (Blue)" is an original artwork by Cornbread made of acrylic paint on a retired Amsterdam street sign. The piece measures 80...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Acrylic
"The Kiss (Pretzel)", reconstructed egg assemblage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "The Kiss (Pretzel)" is an original piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from eggshells, mica, PVA. This piece measures 6”h x 11.5”w x 8”d.
Kate VanVliet is a sculpt...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Glue, Found Objects, Mica, Organic Material, Acrylic
"Lisa's Trip", Abstract Patterns, Geometric Abstraction, Woodcut Monoprint
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Lisa's Trip" is an original piece by Alexis Nutini and is made from a woodcut monoprint mounted on panel. This piece measures 14.5"h x 19"w.
Born in Mexico City,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Panel, Monoprint, Woodcut
Memo (Night)
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: aluminum (found cans), wire, soot
Unique, open edition
Available in multiple color/finish options (see second image on listing for options).
Installations are made to order, sizes and shapes of butterflies vary and can be oriented leftward or rightward.
Ships with installation template and loaner tool kit.
Installation can be arranged with JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY.
Paul Villinski is a professional visual artist who has created studio and large-scale artworks for more than three decades. Villinski was born in York, Maine, USA, in 1960, son of an Air Force navigator. He has lived and worked in New York City since 1982. A scenic route through the educational system included stops at Phillips Exeter Academy and the Massachusetts College of Art, and a BFA with honors from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in 1984. He lives with his partner, the painter Amy Park, and their son, Lark, in their studios in Long Island City, NY.
His work has been included in numerous exhibitions nationally, recently including the solo exhibition “Passage: A Special Project,” at the Blanton Museum, University of Texas, Austin; “Making Mends,” at the Bellevue Museum of Arts, Bellevue, WA; “Second Lives: Re-purposing the Ordinary,” at the Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY; and “Prospect .1,” an international Biennial in New Orleans, LA. “Emergency Response Studio,” a FEMA trailer redesigned and rebuilt into a solar-and wind-powered mobile artist’s studio, was the subject of a solo exhibition at Rice University Art Gallery, Houston, TX; the exhibition also travelled to Ballroom Marfa, in Marfa, TX; Wesleyan University’s Zilkha Gallery, Middletown, CT; and the trailer was featured in the New Museum’s “Festival of Ideas for the New City”, in New York, NY.
Villinski’s work is widely collected, including major public works created by commission. His studio is currently at work on “SkyCycles,” three full-scale “flying...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Wire, Metal
"An Exact Record Of How It Happened", Green, Red, and White Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This free-standing sculpture titled "An Exact Record Of How It Happened" is an original artwork by Jedediah Morfit made of plaster, paint, wax, thermoplastic, epoxy, wood, rope. This piece measures 33.25"h x 10"w x 14"d.
BIO Jedediah Morfit received his MFA in sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2005, where he was awarded the Sylvia Leslie Herman Young Scholarship and the Award Of Excellence. He was a Fellow at the Center For Emerging Visual Artists from 2007-2009, and received a New Jersey Council On the Arts Fellowship for sculpture in 2009. He received the Louise Kahn Award for Sculpture from the Woodmere Art Museum in 2006, and was awarded the Dexter Jones Award for Bas Relief from the National Sculpture Society in 2011 and 2012. In 2013, he was commissioned to create a series of new work for Artlantic:Wonder, which was named one of the 50 best...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Plaster, Paint, Wax, Epoxy Glue, Found Objects
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Find a wide variety of authentic Found Objects sculptures available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add sculptures created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of orange, blue, pink, purple and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Katie VanVliet, Kat Flyn, Kelly Kozma, and Ulla-Stina Wikander. Frequently made by artists working in the Contemporary, Abstract, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Found Objects sculptures, so small editions measuring 0.12 inches across are also available
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