02May / 2012

A Cupcake Named Desire

Crumbs and Doilies, London-based cupcake company, created a cherry blossom tree mosaic using 10,000 cupcakes for a Japanese TV show. Incredibly delicious. Check out all of Crumb and Doilies’ food art on their Flickr photostream and website. The competition cupcakes are truly mouth-watering.

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17Apr / 2012

Elaine Bradford’s Sweater Shooting Elephant

Houston-based artist, Elaine Bradford, has created a mind-blowing permanent installation at the Vinson Neighborhood Library. Her masterpiece involves a life-sized baby elephant who is, basically, shooting hand-knit sweaters onto a circling flock of geese. Elaine’s color palette was inspired by the Houston Zoo’s tropical bird habitat. Chisel 3D assisted her vision by sculpting the 7 and a half-foot tall baby elephant. Elaine has paired with writer, J.D.Ho and illustrator, Rene Cruz, to create a book which explains the colorful story of the fascinating characters, entitled, “Pachikadi and His Flying Friends“. The book is available at the library for readers to check out. To see all of Elaine’s breath-taking sculptures, installations and crafty art, visit her website and Flickr photostream!

12Apr / 2012

The Talented Mr. Grashow

Connecticut-based sculptor and installation artist, James Grashow was born in Brooklyn; the source of his inspiration behind the appropriately titled series, “Houseplants”. James carves delicate arrangements of floral bouquets that, upon closer inspection, host entire cities. His intricate details are astonishing!! The miniature cityscape either rise from the center of a flower or rest upon the leaves of hand-sculpted greenery. James created bouquets for Atlanta, New York City, Telluride (Connecticut), Brooklyn, Manhattan and New York University. His series of bouquets are both a celebration of the architectural motifs unique to the featured city, as well as a nod towards our balance within nature. As James explains, “The word Houseplant is a perfect metaphor for the fragile relationship between nature and man.” To see more of James incredible sculptures (which include a two-story cardboard sculpture!), check out his website, here.