Artwork you can eat...

Artist and photographer Carl Warner began his career in landscape and still photography, working many years in the advertising industry. Whilst out shopping he happened upon a market with Portobello mushrooms that reminded him of trees from an alien world, This idea developed into his first Foodscape.

You can have a look at a few of the shots and some behind the scenes images here:

http://twistedsifter.com/2013/08/surreal-landscapes-made-from-food-carl-warner/

you can also check out more of the artists work on his site:

http://www.carlwarner.com/

Credit to Mr Whaley for finding this and coining the term "Fart" for Food-Art.....

Daisuke Sakaguchi Artist and Designer

Daisuke Sakaguchi is a Creative Designer and Artist based in London, Daisuke takes influence from his fusion of Japanese and British roots creating work that brings both cultures together, be it traditional Japanese imagery or London based graffiti jewellery. Daisuke graduated from Central Saint Martins with a BA (Hons) Degree in Jewellery Design, Daisuke has had his work featured in galleries in Soho and Covent garden and his jewellery worn by the likes of Rhianna and Estelle. Check out his site here...

http://www.the27life.com/

Blogging Overload

The 6th formers blogs are up and running, make sure you check out the hard work that the guys have put into them and the cool stuff that they have found whilst trawling the internet.
http://www.youregonnaneedawarrantforthat.blogspot.co.uk/
Katherine
http://www.thereallyepicdesignblog.blogspot.co.uk/
Amal
http://www.randeepsadasivan.blogspot.co.uk/
Randeep
http://www.chandikaslearning.blogspot.co.uk/
Chandika
http://www.vaughaneland.blogspot.co.uk/
Vaughne
http://www.jozeysblog.blogspot.co.uk/
Jozefina

More Than Paper Airplanes...

I found a link to this blog whilst looking for paper airplane images, i got more than paper airplanes! the blog is entirely dedicated to paper craft, take a look at the huge amount of variety that the artists featured create using just paper!

http://strictlypaper.com/blog/

a particular artist by the name of Kyle Bean caught my eye on the site and i followed the links to post specificly about his work, make sure to check it out

http://strictlypaper.com/blog/tag/kyle-bean/

Seo Young-Deok Sculptures

Artist Seo Young-Deok creates his amazing sculptures from old bike chains and other waste metals, this particular sculpture uses over a mile of bike chain, the work takes many months to complete with some costing £25,000 to create. Make sure to check out the gallery pictures on the website to show the size of some of his work.

http://youngdeok.com/

Adopt-A-Bot Robots

Artist Brian Marshall creates these amazing robot sculptures from found objects and sells them on his site Adopt-A-Bot, the robots are highly inventive and all have a real character to them! You can check out more of them on his blog and on-line shop

http://adopt-a-bot.blogspot.co.uk/

http://www.etsy.com/shop/Adoptabot

Sketching with a Bandsaw

These amazing sculptures are created by designer James McNabb for his design company McNabb & Co. They are described as 'Sketching' with the band saw  McNabb creates them by cutting into lengths of wood creating random patterns, Check out his website for many more amazing pieces.

http://www.mcnabbstudio.com/gallery.html

Takahiro Iwasaki Sculptures

Mr. Whaley found these amazing maps and structures created by artist Takahiro Iwasaki, Iwasaki creates his work using rolls of electrical tape and thread, take a closer look at the images and see what you think!

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/02/takahiro-iwasaki/

Skateboard Sculptures - Haroshi

Artist Haroshi creates amazing sculptures from old skateboard decks he finds around his native home of Tokyo, Japan. Haroshi creates his pieces by layering and gluing broken decks and parts together, then using a range of tools to sand them to the desired shape. Haroshi himself has skated since an early age and is entirely self taught with his sculpture work. There are many interesting pieces on his site that are worth looking at

http://haroshi.com/artworks/

Polished Concrete

French designer Xiral Segard creates some interesting objects using polished concrete, have a look around the website to see some examples. These polished concrete pieces hopefully show you that amazing work can be created from a material that is usually considered ugly!

http://www.xiralsegard.com/accueil/

Paper Cut's on a Grand Scale

Have a look at the HUGE papercut installations created by artist Manuel Ameztoy, we also have a link to a video of an interview with the artist too.

http://www.booooooom.com/2012/09/11/installation-by-artist-manuel-ameztoy/

http://www.coolhunting.com/culture/manuel-ameztoy.php

Skills with Cardboard

I came accross this artist by the name of Bartek Elsner whilst looking for pictures of carboard construction. If you Google his name you can find his site where he participates in many other projects, but for me his work with cardboard is by far his best stuff. He has created an entire blog of his cardboard work here.

http://www.bartek-elsner.de/paperblog/

Books and Lights

This is English artist Alexander Korzer-Robinson who cuts through illustrated encylopedias to create these amazing works of art, he has many more on his site so have a look.

http://www.alexanderkorzerrobinson.co.uk/2011

Also here is a lamp from Slovakian designer Veronika Paluchova, there are lots of interiors and objects on her page that could provide inspiration so have a look!

http://www.veronikapaluchova.com/work/product/

3D Artwork by Yuki Matsueda

Welcome to the NMBEC Design Blog, for our first post please take a look at the amazing 3D artwork of Yuki Matsueda. Mr. Matsueda has many more works displayed on his website, so have a look and hopefully you will be inspired to 'Think outside the box'....