Intricate Wooden Sculptures by Joshua Abarbanel

Manchester born, California-based artist Joshua Abarbanel constructed an intricate wooden sculptural pieces made up of cut wooden forms that are meticulously laid out and layered.



"As an artist I explore forms and patterns, especially the colors, shapes, and compositions found in biological, botanical, and geological structures. I am interested in the relationship between the individual elements of structures and the larger forms of which they are a part."



His current works are on display at Art Share L.A. as part of the group show called Sticks & Stones through July 25.

Check his website: http://www.joshuaabarbanel.com/

Giant Scrap Wood Sculptures by Thomas Dambo

Copenhagen-based Danish artist and designer Thomas Dambo created these giant sculptures made of wood and other materials that he scavenge everyday.



"I truly love working with scrap wood. There’s so much of it everywhere so I can pretty much build what ever I can imagine. I hope my sculptures will inspire others to recycle."

















Check his website: http://mrdambo.wix.com/

Elsewhere by Stefaan De Croock

Belgian artist Stefaan De Croock (aka Strook) created these beautiful mural made with old furniture and doors, titled 'Elsewhere'.



Strook retain each material's original state. He doesn't repaint the salvaged doors and wooden materials that he finds.



"I always keep an eye open for wood. The ‘harvesting’ is almost as important as the making of the artwork. Sometimes I see doors or wooden planks on a construction site and if they look interesting, I ask the construction workers if they still need it. If they don’t need them anymore, I come back with my van. I'll also search in deserted factories or houses just before they're going to be destroyed. Sometimes people send me a message or tell me where I can find some old floors or doors. I just look everywhere."



"It always starts with a drawing of a face. It’s really interesting to make a face with the discarded wood. It gets a new life and a new story."



"Every recycled sculpture or mural has it own story. In this case, the wall on which I constructed the installation was also an inspiration. You can see the relics of an old roof and house on the wall, so in the past there was a house next to the furniture factory. The melancholic, fragile pose of the figure symbolizes a person in the comfort of his home, where he is truly himself. A person who reflects… It's really difficult to explain this in English :-)"



"Wood & Paint is a kind of conversation between different materials, a contrast and a similarity at the same time. That’s what it’s all about; we are all so different and yet so identical. It’s a contrast but at the the same time a similarity. The two parts of this piece are a bit the same, but the making is completely different. It took a lot longer to construct the wooden part because I had to search for the right wood and textures. The wood comes from one big abandoned factory and, like in Elsewhere, I didn’t add any paint to the found wood."



"The whole process of making a recycled artwork is really interesting—the search for wood, cutting, and making the pieces; placing and building it. I really like to work with the old patina of discarded wood. It’s like a footprint of time. Every piece has it own story and comes together in a new composition and forms a new story."











Check his website: http://www.strook.eu/

Source: mymodernmet

Bent Wood Objects by Joseph Walsh Studio

Irish designer Joseph Walsh designs and produces one-of-a-kind furniture designs for his 'Lilium" series.



“In ‘Lilium’ I explore the relationship between the ordered and chaotic; the geometric and the lyrical; the perfect, effortless symmetry of the bulb, the regulated, controlled element and its freed form as it reaches through and beyond.”



“The Lilium series is both a study and an expression of the relationship between the beauty we create and the beauty we allow to happen; the beauty we participate in creating and the beauty we quietly observe.”











Check his website: http://www.josephwalshstudio.com/

Ballpoint Pen Tree Bark Paintings by Shane McAdams

Brooklyn-based artist Shane McAdams created this ballpoint pen paintings on the tree bark.



“I will always marvel over how the incremental effects of time can create something more structured and unique than I may ever make with my own hands.”



"My current work reflects the dueling relationships between natural and synthetic forms – those that look like nature versus those that are nature. In my work such forms are often analogs or traces of the methods of their creation. They take root in the physical properties inherent within specific, mundane materials such as Elmer’s glue, correction fluid, ballpoint pen ink and plastic resin, whose limits are stretched by subjecting them to non-traditional applications. These applications generate structures whose complexities belie the simplicity of their creation. The processes I engage in reflect the physical forces that are constantly working to fashion and sculpt the natural landscape."



"Through my work, I hope force a dialogue about what is artificial and what is natural and universal in both my media and my practice as it relates to the history of painting."





Check his website: http://www.shanemcadams.com/

Wood Paintings by Jason Middlebrook

Mixed-media contemporary artist Jason Middlebrook uses discarded woods and create paintings which follow the natural pattern of the bark.





















Check his website: http://jasonmiddlebrook.com/