Source Colossal   For more than four decades, environmental artist Patrick Dougherty has reimagined the technical and sculptural capabilities of one simple material: twigs. Over the years, the North Carolina-based artist completed well over 300 large-scale, site-specific installations in a series he calls Stickworks, using literal truckloads of willow saplings from specialized farms in Canada that…

Source Artsy Shark  Enjoy the elegant portfolio of photographer Mildred Salas, whose floral images convey deep emotion and healing. The post Featured Artist Mildred Salas appeared first on Artsy Shark.

Source Colossal   In a practice she describes as “ceramic collage,” Debra Broz delves into the world of secondhand decor and kitsch. The Seattle-based artist’s quirky sculptures are made from found figurines, which she cuts and reconfigures into playful hybrid forms. “A lot of times when I look at them, I think about if they were…

Source Design You Trust  Pietro Chiovaro is a 3D artist, art director, and indie game developer from Palermo, Italy. He started using Blender at age twelve and has spent the last decade building a practice that moves through architecture, VFX, character work, environment design, and game development. He is currently developing his own game, OnnisQuest,…

Source Design You Trust  Yongqiang Li, known as Maojin Lee, is a concept artist, freelance illustrator, and writer with a prolific output spanning environments, architecture, and painterly fantasy worlds. The work carries a strong sense of atmosphere and natural grandeur. Scenes feel hand-painted, emotionally weighted, and often rooted in encounters between characters and vast landscapes.…

Source Design You Trust  Go Architecture is an architecture education platform with a clear focus on teaching real tools: Revit, AI, AutoCAD, Photoshop, and visualization workflows. Over 2000 alumni have gone through their courses, and the feed is built around practical skill-building rather than just showcasing finished projects. The material covers BIM modeling, architectural collages,…

Source Colossal   What good is a ladder without structural integrity? Artist brothers Saman and Sasan Oskouei consider this question in The Weight of Less, an ongoing series of pocked wooden sculptures. From a school desk to a door to an industrial pallet, each humble item is punctured with irregular yet cohesive holes, rendering their former…

Source Colossal   How do we distinguish between the artificial and the real? And perhaps more importantly, why should we? Genesis Belanger makes the tension and anxiety that arise from these questions tangible as she lures viewers into an unsettling world. Known for her ceramic works depicting an uncanny vision of domestic life, Belanger often teases…