Glasscapes by Stone Ridge Glass

Self-taught glass artists Lucie Boucher and Bernie Huebner of Stone Ridge Glass create Glasscapes, a re-arrangeable kiln-polished glass sculptures made of layers of colored glass, that viewers can rearrange to create landscapes of their own.



"We believe the viewer should become actively and repeatedly involved in the arrangement of the glass pieces in many of our glasscapes."



Each glasscape is hand-cut or sawn, ground, and painted with specialized pigments. Then they're fused or fire-polished in an electric glass kiln and fitted in a hardwood base and indirect lighting system, so that the glass image is illuminated by light reflected off the wall immediately behind the sculpture.

















Check the website: http://stoneridgeglass.com/index.php

Floating Miniaturized Landscapes by Jorge Mayet

Cuban artist Jorge Mayet sculpts miniature landscapes that look like they’re floating, using electrical wire, paper, acrylics and fabric.



"The landscapes in my paintings are a combination of many things: the imaginary work is, of course, influenced by natural landscapes surrounding me. I am also aware that I have an ability to retain in my mind, to an almost photographic degree, a large portion of the different elements of which it is composed."



"... a large part of my work is nourished by memories and experiences from my homeland, but not all of my works are based on the Cuban landscape. I have retained the Cuban essence in my landscapes, for nature is a huge part of Cuban make-up and when interpreted it is romanticised in an almost mystical sense."



"I use electrical cables to construct the tree and its roots. The cable gives me the right amount of strength and support to construct the tree, as well as the flexibility to manipulate it. I then use papier mâché to give the installation its texture and shape and the paint gives it that final touch, which makes the pieces obtain such a similarity to reality. I buy the feathers because they are part-organic and therefore need to be treated and processed, but I also always make sure that they do not come from birds belonging to a threatened species or those in any danger of extinction."



"Maybe, subconsciously, I live like a tree pulled from its roots and in that way my installations are a metaphor for my life, but on a conscious level, I believe that we have to value each part of this Earth that belongs to us, because it is from she that we are able live."























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Crop Fields Art by Stan Herd

Kansas-based artist Stan Herd uses crop fields as canvases for his large scale artworks he calls 'Earthworks'.



















Check on the process here..

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

Amazing Cityscape

Check these cityscape artworks made from unusual objects.

Computer Parts Cityscape by Franco Recchia

Franco Recchia uses computer parts to make city landscapes and skyscrapers. They are amazingly detailed.

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Machine Parts Cityscape by Enoki Chu

Japanese artist Enoki Chu created 'RPM-1200', a futuristic cityscape out of polished old drill bits and machine parts.

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image © yuto hirakakiuchi

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image © haruo kaneko

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left image © yuto hirakakiuchi, courtesy of chu enoki
right image © yoshisato komaki

Images courtesy of Hyogo museum of art.

Poker Chips & Dice Shanghai Cityscape by Liu Jianhua

Chinese artist Liu Jianhua created this cityscape of Shanghai out of
poker chips and dice, called Unreal Scene (2008) and is displayed at a gallery in San Gimignano, Tuscany.

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Cookware San Francisco Cityscape by Zhang Wang

Chinese artist Zhan Wang used stainless steel pots and pans, as well as silverware
to create San Francisco cityscape

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Egg Cityscape

This 6m x 4m city of eggs, which depicts a Chinese empire, was established in an exhibition at the Groninger Museum, Netherlands. It was made of a little more than five thousand eggs – chicken and quail.

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Sweets Shanghai Cityscape by Song Dong

Chinese contemporary artist Song Dong creates this edible replica of Shanghai City - named “Eating the City” - made of various sweets. A dozen of top food artists from Shanghai have been involved in creating of this edible artwork.

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Plastic Atlantis Cityscape by Gayle Chong Kwan

Artist Gayle Chong Kwan used hundreds of old plastic bottles and food packagings to create a cityscape of the lost city of Atlantis. The project attempts to question “notions of waste, climate change and how this is changing our planet’s climate.”

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Colored Tiles and Blocks Cityscape by Jacob Dahlgren

Artist Jacob Dahlgren creates this virtual cityscape installation called "Colour Reading and Contexture," made of colored tiles and wooden blocks.

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