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New Kanzashi by Sakae

Japanese artist Sakae (previously here) crafts these hair sculptural hair ornaments called kanzashi made of liquid synthetic resin and wire.

Each piece are one-of-kind, and due to extraordinarily high demand she put each piece up for auction through an announcement on her website and Facebook page.

Check her website: http://sakaefly.exblog.jp/, facebook and flickr

Source: colossal

Layered Resin Dioramas by Drew Mosley

Ottawa self-taught artist and carpenter Drew Mosley paints these incredible dioramas encased in wooden bowls filled with layers of painted resin that create a three dimensional sculpture.

"Im a day dreamer and a bit of a wanderer. Im a lover of nature, the trees the bees and the bears. I paint to re-establish my/ our connection with the earth/ animals/ nature. I always start a painting or drawing with a daydream, then the ideas come flooding in... "

"Any and all influences surely come from my childhood and upbringing. We spent every and all vacations, weekends and holidays either at our family’s log cabin or on canoe trips. At the time, I’m sure my sister and I thought it was torture but it forced us to amuse ourselves and let our imaginations be our entertainment. Many hours were logged in those woods surrounding the Ottawa Valley building tree forts, catching frogs and dreaming up all manners of fantastical situations."

"I never do much sketching. If I do, they are very rough and only for composition. I’m far too impatient and want to go directly to painting."

"Recently I have been experimenting a lot with resins and layering paintings to get more depth and atmosphere in my work. I can see myself exploring that for a while longer. Although its expensive to use and I’m sure its not good for me to be around it so much."

His work has been shown in Montreal, Vancouver, Greece and currently at the Ottawa Art Gallery, simply titled 'Diorama', runs 4th June to 25th July.

Process. Pieces are starting to pile up in here...

A video posted by @drewmosley on Mar 21, 2015 at 12:21pm PDT

Check his website: http://drew-mosley.com/ Flickr and Etsy store

Source: spinsandneedles

Handmade Resin Bangles by Modern Flower Child

Oregon-based artist Sarah Smith, owner of Etsy store Modern Flower Child, creates hand-made resin bracelets, bangles and earrings using plants, leaves, flowers, shells, and strips of bark preserved in hard, crystal-clear resin.

It took her 2-3 weeks to complete a single piece.

“Each bangle is made by hand and not a machine so tiny bubbles, lines, bumps, waves and slight imperfections are part of the unique personality and characteristics of the jewelry.”

Check her website: modernflowerchild.com and Etsy store

New 3D Collages by Dustin Yellin

Contemporary artist Dustin Yellin (previously here) commissioned by the New York City Ballet to present a large scale installation of his new works at Lincoln Center for the 2015 NYCB Art Series.

The 15 large-scale glass and mixed-media sculptures, each weighing more than 3,000 pounds, are part of his series 'Psychogeographies'.

The multilayered pieces are made of cutouts from books, newspapers and magazines, forming intricate, collage-like compositions that seem to be floating in space.

Check his website: dustinyellin.com/

Images taken from here

Psychedelic Art by Bruce Riley

Chicago-based artist Bruce Riley creates these beautiful psychedelic art made from layer after layer of dripped paint and poured resin.

“You can’t have any other intent but moving. You can’t worry about it, you can’t stop, you can’t choke. It’s obvious when it works. It’s obvious when it fails.”

“The paintings aren’t about specific things, they’re all about kind of the same thing. And I’m not really trying to define any ideas, I just let it flow.”

“My favorite part is laying down the paint and figuring out what to do before it sets up.”

“I’m addicted to the psychological risk taking that is part of unknowing. When I work too much from a place of intent the life leaves a piece and it becomes about me and not what I see“

“My approach is a bit ‘hands off’ compared to more traditional ways of applying paint. So I’ve gotten used to accidents. I’ll leave really ugly passages to dry that with a light glaze latter become the most glowing part of a painting”

“The resin is not the greenest artist material to be using. I try to rationalize this by telling myself that I’m a rabid recycler, re-user, non car-owning, non jet-riding gardener…”

“I find it hard to be free of my conditioning in fact it might not be possible so I decided a long time ago to feed my organism the conditioning I choose not out of habit but with a mindfulness.”