Tutu

Scott Radke’s back with this incredible new piece titled “tutu”. He continues to create pieces that engage and astound the viewer. Grim in her black tutu this character delicately cradles an egg for reasons that are left up to the viewer’s imagination. This piece is available on Scott’s site www.scottradke.com.

Masutangu

The most amazing thing about Michihiro Matsuoka’s work is that his pieces are made from clay. His biomechanical fauna and flora may look like rusted metal, showing all the marks of age and decay, but it’s just an illusion perpetrated by a master of his medium. His creatures are part steampunk, part Lovecraft and wildly whimsical all at the same time. See more of his work at www.michihiro-matsuoka.com.

Sewer Dweller

If you haven’t seen the life-size, life-like, almost alive sculpture of Thomas Kuebler, then take a look. He uses what has to be a myriad of different techniques to create his amazing characters. The great thing is that you don’t even think about what went into creating them as much as you think about who they are. For Kuebler, character is first, technique a secondary consideration. Frankly, I don’t find either lacking. Check out more of his work at http://www.tskuebler.com. Make sure to look at my favorite, Cletus and Shorty Play Banjo.

Husk

Beth Cavener Stichter’s animal forms are symbolic of man’s psychological struggles with fear, apathy and powerlessness. She deftly combines animal forms with human physical expression, often manipulating the animal’s physiology to give it more human characteristics. Her work is at once lyrical and disturbing. She also has one of the best website addresses out there; www.followtheblackrabbit.com.

Scott Radke has long been one of my favorite artists. When I first came across his work he was making these incredible marionettes which have evolved into his eerie figurative sculpture. I think the trademark of his work has to be the sad, expressive faces that grace all of his creations whether they are human, animal or something in between. You can enjoy a huge variety of his work at www.scottradke.com.

Mech 5

Mech 6

In honor of daylight savings time I’m featuring the clocks of Eric Freitas. Freitas has managed to combine a dark, unbalanced aesthetic with the precision handicraft of a master clockmaker to produce these wonderful clocks. He creates his own gears and working mechanisms to twist time-telling and push horology into a whole new realm. Take the time and see more of his work at www.ericfreitas.com where you can also buy original concept drawings and photographic prints of his original clocks.

Internal Combustion #2-Bone Machine

Trilo Temporalis

Using found objects and welded steel, Jud Turner fabricates intricately detailed biomechanical sculptures. His stylized sculpture marries the fluidity of organic life with the precision of a machine.

“Using welded steel and found objects, I create artwork which embraces opposites — the tension between humans and nature; the perils of balancing biology and technology; or the combination of ancient fossils with modern machinery. “

More of Jud’s work can be seen on his website, http://judturner.com.