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There is something pleasing about the simple, branching structure of this sculptural furnishing. Combining an ancient natural design with some of mankind’s most modern and durable materials, it makes quite a statement.

A sculptural piece that combines the strongest of man-made materials with the natural structural advantages of a tree’s branches. The carbon fiber, steel and Kevlar-reinforced base is virtually indestructible, yet has a misleadingly delicate aesthetic. In gloss or satin finishes, it’s a super chic addition to the modern office.

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Seattle artist Etsuko Ichikawa works in an unusual medium.   Charring forms and designs onto a surface with molten glass (the sort and amount usually used in glass blowing).  Video after the cut.

These works are glass pyrographs that are made by drawing hot molten glass, leaving the immediate charred tracery of my movement with the heat. It is a way of capturing a fleeting moment and eternalizing it, and it gives the viewer the opportunity to see a gesture.

[vimeo]https://vimeo.com/27252835[/vimeo]

This aspect of her work is also presented a performance piece call “Firebird”.

Via Etsuko Ichikawa

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I’ve eyed a glass bottle cutter myself on several occasions, but glass sculpture Ruth Allen goes beyond slicing off tops and sanding edges. She transformed discarded glass containers into elegant creations that retain just enough of their original form to preserve their origins.

Sustainable stubbies up-cycles manufactured bottles into re-fillable, re-usable vases, jugs and tumblers. Using traditional hot glass techniques bottles are reclaimed and manipulated using a heating process and transformed into unique, collectable treasures.

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Take a walk in the sky. Check out Tomás Saraceno’s pod-like Cloud City on the roof of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. It’s great to see but better to experience. Visitors can walk on and through the structure of clear plexiglass, polished steel, and open windows which create an exhilarating (and occasionally frightening) sensation of walking on air.

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