Marrying different organic shapes to create hybrid organisms, Eily O’Connell uses her jewelry to make a statement about man’s complicity in the many crises affecting the environment. A piece of wood morphs into a claw grasping a polished stone, a tooth lies embedded in a twist of wood. Here work mirrors nature gone awry while still catering to the human predilection for adornment. Check out more of her work at http://www.risecreatives.ie/eilyoconnell.

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.