Beijing-based artist Ye Hongxing created a Mandala made from plastic toys, beads and stickers, called 'Prajñāpāramitā', which means the Buddhist concept of Perfection of (Transcendent) Wisdom.
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Sushi Trucks by Yasuhiko Hayashi and Yusuke Nakano
Paramodel, an artist collective run by Yasuhiko Hayashi and Yusuke Nakano, created a series of toy trucks carrying sushi, and other Asian cuisine.
Chinese Puzzle Balls
These intricately carved Chinese puzzle balls are ornate decorative items that consist of several concentric spheres, that usually up to 7 layers deep, each of which rotates freely.
So how exactly are puzzle balls made? Chinese masters rotate a solid ball on a lathe and start by drilling holes toward the center of the objects. Then, using special “L”-shaped tools, they begin to separate the innermost balls. The tool with the longest upright has the shortest cutter, and the one with the shortest upright has the longest cutter. The craftsman lowers the longest tool to the narrow bottom of each hole in turn and rotates it to cut the innermost ball free. Then, using the second longest, which doesn’t reach as far down, but cuts a wider arc, he separates the second ball, and so on, from the innermost to the outermost shell. Because it is easier to work with, the exterior shell is the most elaborately carved, usually featuring an intertwined dragon and a phoenix.
Chinese puzzle balls are so delicate that they can only be carved by hand. It is a game that people can solve by aligning the holes of the spheres, but it’s not recommended you try to solve them, because there is a risk of damaging the concentric balls.
Source: odditycentral
So how exactly are puzzle balls made? Chinese masters rotate a solid ball on a lathe and start by drilling holes toward the center of the objects. Then, using special “L”-shaped tools, they begin to separate the innermost balls. The tool with the longest upright has the shortest cutter, and the one with the shortest upright has the longest cutter. The craftsman lowers the longest tool to the narrow bottom of each hole in turn and rotates it to cut the innermost ball free. Then, using the second longest, which doesn’t reach as far down, but cuts a wider arc, he separates the second ball, and so on, from the innermost to the outermost shell. Because it is easier to work with, the exterior shell is the most elaborately carved, usually featuring an intertwined dragon and a phoenix.
Chinese puzzle balls are so delicate that they can only be carved by hand. It is a game that people can solve by aligning the holes of the spheres, but it’s not recommended you try to solve them, because there is a risk of damaging the concentric balls.
Source: odditycentral
More Arts Made of Toy Soldiers
We have covered arts made of toy soldiers in our previous post here. Check out some more of the amazing artworks from talented artist.
Artist: Joe Black
London-based artist Joe Black uses thousands of tiny objects, ranging from small toys and chess pieces to nuts and bolts, to create large-scale murals of iconic and historical figures.
This portrait of US President Barack Obama is made out of approximately 11,000 black and white toy soldiers, titled 'Shoot to Kill' (references the order to kill Osama Bin Laden).
"The stark black and white soldiers could indicate the ethos of good and evil, or right and wrong that is embedded in America's dealings with Eastern nations."
Check his website: http://www.mrjoeblack.com/
Artist: Ole Ukena
Berlin multidisciplinary artist Ole Ukena created these green peace flag made of 20,000 toy soldiers titled 'In the Absence of War'.
Where the sodiers don’t stand the peace sign is revealed.
The 11 feet wide and 5 feet high sculptural installation presents both criticism and observation that only where soldiers are not fighting can peace truly exist, and that it takes both sides of the battle to make peace a reality.
Check her website: http://www.oleukena.com/
Artist: Adam Katz
For 'Things I Have Learned in My Life' project at the School of Visual Arts Masters in Design program, project designer Adam Katz spray painted 1,500 plastic army men to a glass window.
"I was asked to create a typographic solution for Stefan Sagmeister's prompt of Things that I have learned in my life. My solution was to spray paint over 1,500 little green plastic army men day-glo orange and affix them to a window store front in New York City with my saying "All of my good ideas are battles." The piece remained up at 136 West 21st for over a month."
Check his website: http://adamnk.com/
Artist: Joe Black
London-based artist Joe Black uses thousands of tiny objects, ranging from small toys and chess pieces to nuts and bolts, to create large-scale murals of iconic and historical figures.
This portrait of US President Barack Obama is made out of approximately 11,000 black and white toy soldiers, titled 'Shoot to Kill' (references the order to kill Osama Bin Laden).
"The stark black and white soldiers could indicate the ethos of good and evil, or right and wrong that is embedded in America's dealings with Eastern nations."
Check his website: http://www.mrjoeblack.com/
Artist: Ole Ukena
Berlin multidisciplinary artist Ole Ukena created these green peace flag made of 20,000 toy soldiers titled 'In the Absence of War'.
Where the sodiers don’t stand the peace sign is revealed.
The 11 feet wide and 5 feet high sculptural installation presents both criticism and observation that only where soldiers are not fighting can peace truly exist, and that it takes both sides of the battle to make peace a reality.
Check her website: http://www.oleukena.com/
Artist: Adam Katz
For 'Things I Have Learned in My Life' project at the School of Visual Arts Masters in Design program, project designer Adam Katz spray painted 1,500 plastic army men to a glass window.
"I was asked to create a typographic solution for Stefan Sagmeister's prompt of Things that I have learned in my life. My solution was to spray paint over 1,500 little green plastic army men day-glo orange and affix them to a window store front in New York City with my saying "All of my good ideas are battles." The piece remained up at 136 West 21st for over a month."
Check his website: http://adamnk.com/
Hyperrealistc Animal Plushies by Lee Cross
Self-taught sculptor Lee Cross from Alaska, aka Wood Splitter Lee, created these incredibly realistic hand-made plush animals.
After creating a skeleton for each of the animals, Lee wraps it in soft stuffing and then covers them with cloth and hand-decorated with synthetic fur and paint.
"Since I grew up in the woods of Alaska, I would see wild animals every day. Whether it was a family of eagles nesting right outside my window, wild swans that lived on our lake that became so used to me being there they would come when I called and let me pet them, or even the moose that would eat the carrots noses off my snowmen. I wanted to sculpt the animals I was seeing.”
"Each animal varies on how long it takes to make. When I first started it took weeks and weeks working all day. But it does not take as long now that I've made over 400 animals, it's become muscle memory.”
"I had no artistic ability at all until I turned 13 and I've never had any lessons of any kind. This was when I made my first animal sculpture. It didn't have the synthetic fur or poseable skeleton, but it won in an art contest and even sold the same day."
"I receive hundreds to thousands of commission requests every day, and due to the mass, I only sell these creatures through what I call ‘eBay Auction Adoptions!' where I let the people decide what each one-of-a-kind animal is worth.”
“My animals have also been noticed by the film company Stan Winston Studios, who are the makers of the ‘Jurassic Park’ movie, as well as the film company Weta Workshop, who are the creators of ‘Lord of the Rings,’ ‘(Chronicles of) Narnia’ and ‘The Hobbit.’ I just feel incredibly blessed that these animals have brought such joy and excitement to so many."
Her works have sold in auctions on her “eBay Auction Adoptions!” page from $185 to $5,000.
All images are © Copyright of Lee Cross
Check her website: http://wood-splitter-lee.deviantart.com/
Source: nydailynews
After creating a skeleton for each of the animals, Lee wraps it in soft stuffing and then covers them with cloth and hand-decorated with synthetic fur and paint.
"Since I grew up in the woods of Alaska, I would see wild animals every day. Whether it was a family of eagles nesting right outside my window, wild swans that lived on our lake that became so used to me being there they would come when I called and let me pet them, or even the moose that would eat the carrots noses off my snowmen. I wanted to sculpt the animals I was seeing.”
"Each animal varies on how long it takes to make. When I first started it took weeks and weeks working all day. But it does not take as long now that I've made over 400 animals, it's become muscle memory.”
"I had no artistic ability at all until I turned 13 and I've never had any lessons of any kind. This was when I made my first animal sculpture. It didn't have the synthetic fur or poseable skeleton, but it won in an art contest and even sold the same day."
"I receive hundreds to thousands of commission requests every day, and due to the mass, I only sell these creatures through what I call ‘eBay Auction Adoptions!' where I let the people decide what each one-of-a-kind animal is worth.”
“My animals have also been noticed by the film company Stan Winston Studios, who are the makers of the ‘Jurassic Park’ movie, as well as the film company Weta Workshop, who are the creators of ‘Lord of the Rings,’ ‘(Chronicles of) Narnia’ and ‘The Hobbit.’ I just feel incredibly blessed that these animals have brought such joy and excitement to so many."
Her works have sold in auctions on her “eBay Auction Adoptions!” page from $185 to $5,000.
All images are © Copyright of Lee Cross
Check her website: http://wood-splitter-lee.deviantart.com/
Source: nydailynews
Miniature Toy Robots by Marco Fernandes
Portugese product designer Marco Fernandes built miniature toy robots out of recycled electrical components for his R³bot (pronounced "are-cube-bots").series.
Each one has two working LED eyes wired up to a battery, along with several points of articulation.
They range between 3.5-inches to 7.5-inches tall and come with displays made from old jars, lamps, boxes and hard drives.
"Each one is unique and built in a very fluid process without any draft whatsoever or character study. I like to think that they assemble themselves. The pieces come together fitting themselves, creating bodies, skeletons that results in a single unique character, a R³bot."
Each of this robots cost between 450 Euros to 500 Euros.
All images are © Copyright of Marco Fernandes
Each one has two working LED eyes wired up to a battery, along with several points of articulation.
They range between 3.5-inches to 7.5-inches tall and come with displays made from old jars, lamps, boxes and hard drives.
"Each one is unique and built in a very fluid process without any draft whatsoever or character study. I like to think that they assemble themselves. The pieces come together fitting themselves, creating bodies, skeletons that results in a single unique character, a R³bot."
Each of this robots cost between 450 Euros to 500 Euros.
All images are © Copyright of Marco Fernandes
