David Goldin

Left handed, magazine brat, editorial and children's book illustrator / writer / animator.
Studio Tour: Inside the David Goldin Studio, or his website

Hanoch Piven

 

Hanoch Piven Gives Celebs a Makeover.
This looks VERY cool. Israeli artist Hanoch Piven has an exhibit at the Skirball Cultural Center in LA right now featuring portraits of celebrities made out of everyday objects. Would love to see Boris Yeltsin assembled out of salami.
Check: Hanoch Piven Blog. or his website.

Richard Borge

Check out Richard Borge, who combines his sculptures with digital photography and found objects. He works on primarily editorial, corporate/advertising illustration and music packaging (imaging and design). More recently he's been working on animation and motion graphics. Last but not least come his personal projects, which usually work their way into his commercial projects.

How did you start working dimensionally?

For a while, I was always trying to make things look dimension but was working flat. At some point I just started making things 3D and photographing them like that. I do like working with my hands and making objects/sculptures.

What or who has influenced the way you work?

I am influenced by things that are experimental, whether that be music or visual art.

Please describe your working process.

I always start with pencil in a sketchbook. A big part of what I do as an illustrator is come up with conceptual solutions. For me this is more important than whatever technique I end up using. That said, I use a combination of sculpted objects, found objects and textures, and heavy photoshop. I often times am buying more of my art supplies at the hardware store rather than the art store, and am always looking for interesting things that people discard.

What do you enjoy the most about working dimensionally?

I like working with my hands and making objects/sculptures. I also like to combine this with drawing and photoshop. I think a big part of it is just the tactile quality to working with 3D objects. I don't always like the room that all this stuff takes up when finished with the project. 

Richard Borge

www.richardborge.com

images and content © Richard Borge

  

Suzanna Scott

Hooray for art with found objects!  Suzanna Scott created these charming sculptures with found objects and mixed media.  I love every single one. I want every single one….
See her other amazing work here!
[via Likecool ]

Michele Stitzlein's Beautiful Butterflies

It may be trash to some, but to Michelle Stitzlein, its inspiration for her mixed media sculptures of butterflies, moths, arrows and more. Stitzlein is an Ohio based artist that focuses on using found objects to create fantastic works of art.Her butterflies and moths are extraordinary, but she's also done some fantastic murals out of bottle caps. For these butterflies, Stitzlein uses piano keys, broken china, licens plates, rusty tin cans, electrical wire, bottlecaps and more. What's amazing about her work is that even up close it doesn't look like she's using trash, it just looks beautiful.[via Dudecraft via Art Grange]

Found Object Chinook Salmon.

Assembled from all manner of discarded bits found in a beach cleanup. I spy trash ranging from scrap plastic to childrens’ toys.Found Object Chinook Salmon – Creative Commons photo by Mike Krzeszak

Broom Handles.

I’m in love with these cute little faces on the ends of discarded broom handles and bottles. Eric Bartholomew spotted these at a Chicago-area art fair.

Public Art.

 Here’s some awesome yard art, spotted in New York City. It’s made from discarded plastic and glass soda bottles and scrap metal!Turning trash into treasure is at the heart of Crafting a Green World. A green crafter sees beauty in scrap heaps, recycle bins, and objects on the side of the road. Julie talked just yesterday about making sure you know exactly what you’re working with before you start your project. Even after you’re sure you aren’t about to take a blowtorch to a rare piece of vintage vinyl or antique Colonial silver, sometimes you still need a little inspiration. Here’s a little art assemblage eye candy to get you going!

 

 

 

 

Harry Anderson

Works from Harry Anderson

One person’s junk is someone else’s robot

Ann Smith constructs robot animals out of recycled electronics, and they could be the cutest robots you’ll ever see. For more stunning robots-from-junk artwork (and rayguns-from-junk, and rockets-from-junk), check out Flickr user Lockwasher.

Even cuter recycled robots

In the previous post I said that Ann Smith’s robots were the cutest around, but Mike pointed me towards the robots of Nemo Gould, which are not only super adorable, but most of his pieces are kinetic in some fashion, and the site includes videos of some of them moving. I’m in love.

More recycled robots!

Because two links to found-art robots wasn’t enough, here’s another to complete the hat trick. Tom Torrey’s Flickr photo set of his hand-made GammaRayBots makes a great addition to the recent stream of robot art we’ve been posting. I love how much of the detail is hand painted.

Joe Pogan’s scrap metal sculptures

                                                                     





















Here’s another post today that falls under the category of “why waste money on expensive art supplies?” Joe Pogan creates his sculptures of birds and other wildlife using found scrap metal. (via peacay)

Jimmy Miracle

I'm loving these thread and found object sculptures from Jimmy Miracle. Check out his web site for pictures of all his works. I'm fascinated by the volume of threads used in such an interesting way. [via NOTCOT]

Toby atticus fraley

When you think of objects like picnic coolers, vacuum parts, ski poles or coffee thermoses the word art normally doesn’t come to mind. Not unless you’re Toby Fraley. This Pittsburgh area artist finds inspiration in vintage objects found at yard sales, flea markets, estate sales, or on eBay auctions. With the objects he finds, Fraley has created a collection of art called the Robot Series. The robots are created from random objects such as vintage picnic coolers, vacuum parts and numerous miscellaneous odd items.

When it comes to finding material, Fraley says he looks for form and material first. Most vintage pieces he uses have nice, clean styles to them and are commonly made from aluminum and steel which will still hold up in the years to come. He says he avoids using some vintage plastics due to their fragileness and discoloration. Rarely will Fraley find items in mint condition so he has to be sure that they will clean up or repair well enough to use before purchasing.