Animal Sculptures Archives - Our Funny Little Site Thu, 22 Feb 2024 08:23:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Terumi Ohta Crafts Hyper-Realistic Animal Wool Sculptures https://ourfunnylittlesite.com/terumi-ohta-crafts-hyper-realistic-animal-wool-sculptures/ Thu, 22 Feb 2024 12:51:00 +0000 https://ourfunnylittlesite.com/?p=14178 We like to see animals in all shapes and forms, even if they are just figurines or sculptures. That is especially the case when they look as realistic as Terumi Ohta’s wool sculptures. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Terumi Ohta (@truestylelab) Ohta is a talented wool artist from Japan who dedicated […]

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We like to see animals in all shapes and forms, even if they are just figurines or sculptures. That is especially the case when they look as realistic as Terumi Ohta’s wool sculptures.

Ohta is a talented wool artist from Japan who dedicated her entire creative practice to animals. Using wool, she manages to craft all sorts of different animals, ranging from cats and dogs to wolves and even elephants.

Each of Ohta’s sculptures looks like a real animal frozen in time. The amount of detail that is included in these works is so astonishing that viewers can’t help but wonder whether the animal will start moving at one point.

Considering the hyper-realistic nature of Ohta’s works, it isn’t surprising that some of her sculptures take months and even years to complete. For example, she recently presented a particularly impressive sculpture that features a Miniature Pinscher, which took seven years and 500 hours of works to finish. This certainly seems like a lot, but just one glance at the final result, and it is clear that it was all worth it. 

Terumi Ohta’s impressive wool sculptures have been exhibited in group and solo exhibitions in her native Japan as well as France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Luckily for all animal lovers around the world, the artist also shares her works on social media. Enjoy more of them below.

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Check Out These Tiny Animal Sculptures https://ourfunnylittlesite.com/check-out-these-tiny-animal-sculptures/ Sat, 09 Nov 2019 09:39:31 +0000 https://ourfunnylittlesite.com/?p=9928 Kerri Pajutee is a self-taught artist who makes miniature, hyper-realistic animal sculptures that are 1:12 to actual size. With her remarkable talent and eye to detail, the artist’s creations are so realistic that you might think they are real. She has no preferences when choosing the animal she wants to create, and according to her, […]

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Kerri Pajutee is a self-taught artist who makes miniature, hyper-realistic animal sculptures that are 1:12 to actual size. With her remarkable talent and eye to detail, the artist’s creations are so realistic that you might think they are real.

She has no preferences when choosing the animal she wants to create, and according to her, sculpting has afforded her a mean of expression and provided her with over four decades of never-ending trial and fascination.

“Inspired by the animals I have come to know, my art is motivated by my desire to capture and express that ‘spark’ of personality, while reflecting a personal encounter or endearing memory that will delight the heart and bring a smile to the face of the observer,” the artist shared on her personal website.

You can find her creations on her Instagram page where she has attracted more than 40,000 followers. Scroll down and check them out.

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Animals and Plants Merge into Breathtaking Porcelain Sculptures https://ourfunnylittlesite.com/animals-and-plants-merge-in-breathtaking-porcelain-sculptures/ Mon, 26 Aug 2019 08:00:21 +0000 https://ourfunnylittlesite.com/?p=5182 Animals are not only our faithful companions, but they’re also a great source of inspiration for many artists. Canadian sculptor Ellen Jewett is certainly one of the many people who uses their love for nature and all the creatures that live in it, to create fascinating works of art. “Plants and animals have always been […]

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Animals are not only our faithful companions, but they’re also a great source of inspiration for many artists. Canadian sculptor Ellen Jewett is certainly one of the many people who uses their love for nature and all the creatures that live in it, to create fascinating works of art.

“Plants and animals have always been the surface on which humans have etched the foundations of culture, sustenance, and identity. For myself, natural forms are a continual source of fascination and deep aesthetic pleasure,” Jewett wrote about her work on her website.

Her porcelain sculptures feature all sorts of animals taken out of their natural habitat and thrown into a new, fantasy environment. The animals in her sculptures are covered in breathtaking handcrafted details and according to the artist, every one of those details has a special meaning.

“Many of these components are microcosmic representations of plants, animals, and objects. Some are beautiful, some are grotesque and some are fantastical,” says Jewett.

Check out her incredible pieces.

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Japanese Artist Creates Animal Sculptures By Using Newspaper Rolls https://ourfunnylittlesite.com/japanese-artist-creates-animal-sculptures-by-using-newspaper-rolls/ Fri, 23 Aug 2019 12:53:21 +0000 https://ourfunnylittlesite.com/?p=8819 Chie Hitotsuyama is a Japanese paper artist who creates astonishing animal sculptures. In her work, she only uses newspaper rolls. According to the artist, working with newspapers is in her blood. “My grandfather started up a kumihimo (paper braid) factory,” Hitotsuyama shared on a YouTube channel called Great Big Story. “At first he produced kumihimo […]

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Chie Hitotsuyama is a Japanese paper artist who creates astonishing animal sculptures. In her work, she only uses newspaper rolls. According to the artist, working with newspapers is in her blood.

“My grandfather started up a kumihimo (paper braid) factory,” Hitotsuyama shared on a YouTube channel called Great Big Story. “At first he produced kumihimo at home, but then he built a factory right here, where the art studio is now.”

In order to create her sculptures, she twists newspapers and piles them up into layers to make the basic body. She has already built more than 60 animal sculptures and the bigger art pieces take up to three months to finish.

“I became interested in animals when I went to Africa in 2007 and saw a rhino. It had its horn removed and was injured by poachers. It was then that I decided to make animal sculptures.”

Scroll down and check out her work below.

View this post on Instagram

#monkey #work #hitotsuyamastudio #sculpture

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Gerard Mas Carves Incredible Dog and Cat Sculptures https://ourfunnylittlesite.com/gerard-mas-carves-incredible-dog-and-cat-sculptures/ Mon, 22 Jul 2019 12:22:26 +0000 https://ourfunnylittlesite.com/?p=7736 Spanish sculptor, Gerard Mas, is the talent behind these incredible sculptures of our favorite pets — cats and dogs. Mas carves the animals in tree trunks and alabaster stone keeping his work as minimalistic as possible. “Gerard Mas was born in 1976 in Sant Feliu de Guíxols (Girona). He studied at the School of Applied […]

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Spanish sculptor, Gerard Mas, is the talent behind these incredible sculptures of our favorite pets — cats and dogs. Mas carves the animals in tree trunks and alabaster stone keeping his work as minimalistic as possible.

“Gerard Mas was born in 1976 in Sant Feliu de Guíxols (Girona). He studied at the School of Applied Arts and Artistic Trades “Llotja” of Barcelona. He specializes in sculpture and stone carving. 1998-2001,” states his website (translated from Spanish).

“He graduated as curator and restorer of sculpture at the Higher School of Conservation and Restoration of Béns Culturals de Catalunya, Barcelona 1994-1998.”

You can see these sculptures and other work of this talented artist on his Instagram profile, where he has over 17,000 followers. Scroll down to enjoy his pet sculptures.

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Artist Creates Gorgeous Wooden Sculptures of Animals https://ourfunnylittlesite.com/artist-creates-gorgeous-wooden-sculptures-of-animals/ Mon, 03 Jun 2019 11:59:10 +0000 https://ourfunnylittlesite.com/?p=6061 A freelance art director from the Philippines named Patrick Cabral layers wood to create amazing 3D portraits of animals. He recently did a job for Starbucks Philippines, creating three such sculptures for the coffee shop. “My goal is to provide people a new way to experience my work when they are not able to see […]

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A freelance art director from the Philippines named Patrick Cabral layers wood to create amazing 3D portraits of animals. He recently did a job for Starbucks Philippines, creating three such sculptures for the coffee shop.

“My goal is to provide people a new way to experience my work when they are not able to see it in person,” Cabral said to Bored Panda. “I am also trying to see how far can a 3D photo go. Each photo is consisting of the actual photo and a customized depth map to create the 3D effect.”

You can see his sculptures below and find more on Instagram.

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2nd of 3 animal I made for @starbucksph . Each animal represent the country where @starbucks grow their coffee. This one is a quetzal which represents Guatemala. Much of the stress on this went to finding the right shade of gold/brass. We hoarded a bunch of it and so far the best one we acquired was the Vallejo Metal Color. I remember we spent the entire All Soul's day visiting all the branch of this local hobby shop just to see if they had it on stock. We only managed to acquire 10 32ml bottles. It 's super tiny and I was so afraid that it would not be enough to paint the gold layers of the 3 sculptures. I was wrong though be use I only used around 5 bottles in the end. Another of my worry is how we are going to hang it on the wall. The heaviest of the sculpture that I made was only around 20kg. The tiger is already 30kg. Even in my dreams I was haunted by a mom nursing a baby and the artwork falling on the baby. I know I am crazy, but this is the level of how I get stressed on every details. It doesn't just have to look pretty, but it has to be really durable and safe. What I ended up using was a TV bracket that has a 60kg. capacity. I was also praying for my younger brother who is and engineer to come home early from his work abroad so he can help me mount these on the wall. He arrived from Korea 2 days before the delivery date and he even helped me stick the layers together. My brother Ian is the only person aside from @origamidreamer that I really trust in this world. We had built at least 2 bamboo huts when we were younger. We were partners in crime. He is my number 1 fan before Camy. He try to emulate what I do and some case even bested me. He is great at his job. He is the guy that you would want on your team when you get ship-wrecked on an island. He literally is the best. I was comforted when we came home because I knew that mounting these artworks on the wall would be really hard. And true enough, hanging the artworks was very challenging. I know it's quite scary because there are a lot of unknowns on this project. I am gratwful that there are people who help me. You can check out the artwork at @starbucksreserve SM North Towers

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Of course there’s a tiger 🙂 This is the third piece from my London commission. Thank god the client arranged shipping. It took 3 professional art logistic company from Manila, Hong Kong and Ireland get this shipped. It’s also my first time working with company that ships fine art. This is my most detailed tiger so far. I was worried making the forehead detail resemble like petals. So far it still looks like a tiger 🙂 I wonder how many tiger would I create in this lifetime. It’s amazing how common it is now to receive commissions. Six years ago I had my very first client @thordarson had me illustrate a children’s book. I did lot of illustration prior to that but it was the first one that I actually got paid like a professional illustrator. I have been dreaming to be a paid illustrator long before that. I guess that’s why it appears that my improvement is exponential because I had spent so many years contemplating what I would do if I had been given a chance to really do what I want to do. So when it came, I didn’t really waste the opportunity. And to be working as a full time artist now where I get paid to be my authentic self is nothing short of amazing. I have never dared to dream to become a working artist. There were just too many obstacle. But little by little I managed to overcome it, and now it’s finally paying off. I swear you would not believe how many times I stay awake at night thinking if I should go back to finding a day job because it took me 10 years to really make my passion profitable. More nights that I keep refreshing my email hoping that I would get more art projects, because if not, then I would have to be a corporate slave again. Many nights that I pray that my wife and I would not get sick because we don’t even have HMO. I make good living as a designer but unfortunately what I really want to do doesn’t make my clients more money:) I don’t want to spend my life working on other peoples dreams. I work with a lot of nice people but there were times that I feel like my days are so fast and most of the work that I only has a shelf life of 2 years. I wanted to make something that would be classic.

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Second of 3 pieces that I made for my UK art broker. I didn’t even ask where this would be displayed. All I know is they work with the world top hotels. I hope this gets to one of those places where Royalties stays and they would commission me to make similar piece, but in gold 🙂 Recently we had an inquiry from a hotel in Qatar for 500 pieces of artwork. I had to decline because I don’t want to flood the world with my work… and also I believe in the law of supply and demand. If I can do just 4-6 pieces of my work per year and charge premium, then I would very much prefer that than have millions of dollars but compromise the value of my work. I am always reminded by a Quincy Jones quote, “God walks out of the room when you’re thinking about money”. I never really work with money as main motivation. Any money that I make get spent on funding more expensive project and helping people around me. I don’t like keeping a lot of money. I grew up with so little that I am really uncomfortable around it. This is the third panda that I made. It’s also the biggest. I make big artworks now because I want my patrons to display it on the main area and not just on hallways as a friend of mine once commented because of its then small size. If I am going to spend a lot of time working on something, then it better be front and center. It’s amazing that when I started my endangered series, the giant panda was still endangered and when I launched the project, it got removed from the list. I am not saying that I single-handedly saved the giant panda 🙂 it just gives me hope for humanity.

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I had to reschedule a couple of solo shows to next year because of my current workload. I am also developing new work and thought I don’t really have to rush into it because I have more work than I can manage, and for some reason it’s quite hard to sell my work in my own country. I feel like the hardest part of the job is taste-making. To be able to sell something where people doesn’t usually spend money on. To make my work more than the craft. What I also did not expect after working on personal work is I would get more ambitious. My dreams are filled of huge version of my work these days. Work as big as mansions. Every day it’s marinating on my head. When I enter a new building now, my head is thinking of solutions how these engineers built something that doesn’t crumble. You know when I was in college I spent a short amount of time working on a small architecture firm converting old house plans into CAD files. And now since I am already doing big work, I get to revisit the skills that I develop during those days. And now my days are spent hoping that the universe would connect me to someone who could possibly fund it. This has exacerbated more when I saw that trailer of the new Aladdin where they show the cave entrance that looks like a lion. I was thinking of something similar to that already but something that has my style. I can already imagine it and I can’t wait for the day that it would become a reality. For now I guess an update Lynx would suffice 🙂

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Fantastic Origami Animals by Oz Neyer https://ourfunnylittlesite.com/fantastic-origami-animals-by-oz-neyer/ Sun, 26 May 2019 08:01:48 +0000 https://ourfunnylittlesite.com/?p=6068 Origami is the ancient Japanese art of paper folding. Though it sounds simple, we’re always astonished by the unique twists and the distinctive art that is made using just paper and ancient folding techniques. Oz Neyer, an Argentinian artist, shares his origami creations with his Instagram followers and his account is becoming more popular every […]

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Origami is the ancient Japanese art of paper folding. Though it sounds simple, we’re always astonished by the unique twists and the distinctive art that is made using just paper and ancient folding techniques.

Oz Neyer, an Argentinian artist, shares his origami creations with his Instagram followers and his account is becoming more popular every day. You can see why — Neyer makes minimalistic animals and other shapes that somehow look complex at the same time, which attest to the amount of patience and skill the artist has.

Enjoy his work below.

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ersion="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> Animal Sculptures Archives - Our Funny Little Site Thu, 22 Feb 2024 08:23:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Terumi Ohta Crafts Hyper-Realistic Animal Wool Sculptures https://ourfunnylittlesite.com/terumi-ohta-crafts-hyper-realistic-animal-wool-sculptures/ Thu, 22 Feb 2024 12:51:00 +0000 https://ourfunnylittlesite.com/?p=14178 We like to see animals in all shapes and forms, even if they are just figurines or sculptures. That is especially the case when they look as realistic as Terumi Ohta’s wool sculptures. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Terumi Ohta (@truestylelab) Ohta is a talented wool artist from Japan who dedicated […]

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We like to see animals in all shapes and forms, even if they are just figurines or sculptures. That is especially the case when they look as realistic as Terumi Ohta’s wool sculptures.

Ohta is a talented wool artist from Japan who dedicated her entire creative practice to animals. Using wool, she manages to craft all sorts of different animals, ranging from cats and dogs to wolves and even elephants.

Each of Ohta’s sculptures looks like a real animal frozen in time. The amount of detail that is included in these works is so astonishing that viewers can’t help but wonder whether the animal will start moving at one point.

Considering the hyper-realistic nature of Ohta’s works, it isn’t surprising that some of her sculptures take months and even years to complete. For example, she recently presented a particularly impressive sculpture that features a Miniature Pinscher, which took seven years and 500 hours of works to finish. This certainly seems like a lot, but just one glance at the final result, and it is clear that it was all worth it. 

Terumi Ohta’s impressive wool sculptures have been exhibited in group and solo exhibitions in her native Japan as well as France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Luckily for all animal lovers around the world, the artist also shares her works on social media. Enjoy more of them below.

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Check Out These Tiny Animal Sculptures https://ourfunnylittlesite.com/check-out-these-tiny-animal-sculptures/ Sat, 09 Nov 2019 09:39:31 +0000 https://ourfunnylittlesite.com/?p=9928 Kerri Pajutee is a self-taught artist who makes miniature, hyper-realistic animal sculptures that are 1:12 to actual size. With her remarkable talent and eye to detail, the artist’s creations are so realistic that you might think they are real. She has no preferences when choosing the animal she wants to create, and according to her, […]

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Kerri Pajutee is a self-taught artist who makes miniature, hyper-realistic animal sculptures that are 1:12 to actual size. With her remarkable talent and eye to detail, the artist’s creations are so realistic that you might think they are real.

She has no preferences when choosing the animal she wants to create, and according to her, sculpting has afforded her a mean of expression and provided her with over four decades of never-ending trial and fascination.

“Inspired by the animals I have come to know, my art is motivated by my desire to capture and express that ‘spark’ of personality, while reflecting a personal encounter or endearing memory that will delight the heart and bring a smile to the face of the observer,” the artist shared on her personal website.

You can find her creations on her Instagram page where she has attracted more than 40,000 followers. Scroll down and check them out.

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Animals and Plants Merge into Breathtaking Porcelain Sculptures https://ourfunnylittlesite.com/animals-and-plants-merge-in-breathtaking-porcelain-sculptures/ Mon, 26 Aug 2019 08:00:21 +0000 https://ourfunnylittlesite.com/?p=5182 Animals are not only our faithful companions, but they’re also a great source of inspiration for many artists. Canadian sculptor Ellen Jewett is certainly one of the many people who uses their love for nature and all the creatures that live in it, to create fascinating works of art. “Plants and animals have always been […]

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Animals are not only our faithful companions, but they’re also a great source of inspiration for many artists. Canadian sculptor Ellen Jewett is certainly one of the many people who uses their love for nature and all the creatures that live in it, to create fascinating works of art.

“Plants and animals have always been the surface on which humans have etched the foundations of culture, sustenance, and identity. For myself, natural forms are a continual source of fascination and deep aesthetic pleasure,” Jewett wrote about her work on her website.

Her porcelain sculptures feature all sorts of animals taken out of their natural habitat and thrown into a new, fantasy environment. The animals in her sculptures are covered in breathtaking handcrafted details and according to the artist, every one of those details has a special meaning.

“Many of these components are microcosmic representations of plants, animals, and objects. Some are beautiful, some are grotesque and some are fantastical,” says Jewett.

Check out her incredible pieces.

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Japanese Artist Creates Animal Sculptures By Using Newspaper Rolls https://ourfunnylittlesite.com/japanese-artist-creates-animal-sculptures-by-using-newspaper-rolls/ Fri, 23 Aug 2019 12:53:21 +0000 https://ourfunnylittlesite.com/?p=8819 Chie Hitotsuyama is a Japanese paper artist who creates astonishing animal sculptures. In her work, she only uses newspaper rolls. According to the artist, working with newspapers is in her blood. “My grandfather started up a kumihimo (paper braid) factory,” Hitotsuyama shared on a YouTube channel called Great Big Story. “At first he produced kumihimo […]

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Chie Hitotsuyama is a Japanese paper artist who creates astonishing animal sculptures. In her work, she only uses newspaper rolls. According to the artist, working with newspapers is in her blood.

“My grandfather started up a kumihimo (paper braid) factory,” Hitotsuyama shared on a YouTube channel called Great Big Story. “At first he produced kumihimo at home, but then he built a factory right here, where the art studio is now.”

In order to create her sculptures, she twists newspapers and piles them up into layers to make the basic body. She has already built more than 60 animal sculptures and the bigger art pieces take up to three months to finish.

“I became interested in animals when I went to Africa in 2007 and saw a rhino. It had its horn removed and was injured by poachers. It was then that I decided to make animal sculptures.”

Scroll down and check out her work below.

View this post on Instagram

#monkey #work #hitotsuyamastudio #sculpture

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Gerard Mas Carves Incredible Dog and Cat Sculptures https://ourfunnylittlesite.com/gerard-mas-carves-incredible-dog-and-cat-sculptures/ Mon, 22 Jul 2019 12:22:26 +0000 https://ourfunnylittlesite.com/?p=7736 Spanish sculptor, Gerard Mas, is the talent behind these incredible sculptures of our favorite pets — cats and dogs. Mas carves the animals in tree trunks and alabaster stone keeping his work as minimalistic as possible. “Gerard Mas was born in 1976 in Sant Feliu de Guíxols (Girona). He studied at the School of Applied […]

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Spanish sculptor, Gerard Mas, is the talent behind these incredible sculptures of our favorite pets — cats and dogs. Mas carves the animals in tree trunks and alabaster stone keeping his work as minimalistic as possible.

“Gerard Mas was born in 1976 in Sant Feliu de Guíxols (Girona). He studied at the School of Applied Arts and Artistic Trades “Llotja” of Barcelona. He specializes in sculpture and stone carving. 1998-2001,” states his website (translated from Spanish).

“He graduated as curator and restorer of sculpture at the Higher School of Conservation and Restoration of Béns Culturals de Catalunya, Barcelona 1994-1998.”

You can see these sculptures and other work of this talented artist on his Instagram profile, where he has over 17,000 followers. Scroll down to enjoy his pet sculptures.

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Artist Creates Gorgeous Wooden Sculptures of Animals https://ourfunnylittlesite.com/artist-creates-gorgeous-wooden-sculptures-of-animals/ Mon, 03 Jun 2019 11:59:10 +0000 https://ourfunnylittlesite.com/?p=6061 A freelance art director from the Philippines named Patrick Cabral layers wood to create amazing 3D portraits of animals. He recently did a job for Starbucks Philippines, creating three such sculptures for the coffee shop. “My goal is to provide people a new way to experience my work when they are not able to see […]

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A freelance art director from the Philippines named Patrick Cabral layers wood to create amazing 3D portraits of animals. He recently did a job for Starbucks Philippines, creating three such sculptures for the coffee shop.

“My goal is to provide people a new way to experience my work when they are not able to see it in person,” Cabral said to Bored Panda. “I am also trying to see how far can a 3D photo go. Each photo is consisting of the actual photo and a customized depth map to create the 3D effect.”

You can see his sculptures below and find more on Instagram.

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2nd of 3 animal I made for @starbucksph . Each animal represent the country where @starbucks grow their coffee. This one is a quetzal which represents Guatemala. Much of the stress on this went to finding the right shade of gold/brass. We hoarded a bunch of it and so far the best one we acquired was the Vallejo Metal Color. I remember we spent the entire All Soul's day visiting all the branch of this local hobby shop just to see if they had it on stock. We only managed to acquire 10 32ml bottles. It 's super tiny and I was so afraid that it would not be enough to paint the gold layers of the 3 sculptures. I was wrong though be use I only used around 5 bottles in the end. Another of my worry is how we are going to hang it on the wall. The heaviest of the sculpture that I made was only around 20kg. The tiger is already 30kg. Even in my dreams I was haunted by a mom nursing a baby and the artwork falling on the baby. I know I am crazy, but this is the level of how I get stressed on every details. It doesn't just have to look pretty, but it has to be really durable and safe. What I ended up using was a TV bracket that has a 60kg. capacity. I was also praying for my younger brother who is and engineer to come home early from his work abroad so he can help me mount these on the wall. He arrived from Korea 2 days before the delivery date and he even helped me stick the layers together. My brother Ian is the only person aside from @origamidreamer that I really trust in this world. We had built at least 2 bamboo huts when we were younger. We were partners in crime. He is my number 1 fan before Camy. He try to emulate what I do and some case even bested me. He is great at his job. He is the guy that you would want on your team when you get ship-wrecked on an island. He literally is the best. I was comforted when we came home because I knew that mounting these artworks on the wall would be really hard. And true enough, hanging the artworks was very challenging. I know it's quite scary because there are a lot of unknowns on this project. I am gratwful that there are people who help me. You can check out the artwork at @starbucksreserve SM North Towers

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Of course there’s a tiger 🙂 This is the third piece from my London commission. Thank god the client arranged shipping. It took 3 professional art logistic company from Manila, Hong Kong and Ireland get this shipped. It’s also my first time working with company that ships fine art. This is my most detailed tiger so far. I was worried making the forehead detail resemble like petals. So far it still looks like a tiger 🙂 I wonder how many tiger would I create in this lifetime. It’s amazing how common it is now to receive commissions. Six years ago I had my very first client @thordarson had me illustrate a children’s book. I did lot of illustration prior to that but it was the first one that I actually got paid like a professional illustrator. I have been dreaming to be a paid illustrator long before that. I guess that’s why it appears that my improvement is exponential because I had spent so many years contemplating what I would do if I had been given a chance to really do what I want to do. So when it came, I didn’t really waste the opportunity. And to be working as a full time artist now where I get paid to be my authentic self is nothing short of amazing. I have never dared to dream to become a working artist. There were just too many obstacle. But little by little I managed to overcome it, and now it’s finally paying off. I swear you would not believe how many times I stay awake at night thinking if I should go back to finding a day job because it took me 10 years to really make my passion profitable. More nights that I keep refreshing my email hoping that I would get more art projects, because if not, then I would have to be a corporate slave again. Many nights that I pray that my wife and I would not get sick because we don’t even have HMO. I make good living as a designer but unfortunately what I really want to do doesn’t make my clients more money:) I don’t want to spend my life working on other peoples dreams. I work with a lot of nice people but there were times that I feel like my days are so fast and most of the work that I only has a shelf life of 2 years. I wanted to make something that would be classic.

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Second of 3 pieces that I made for my UK art broker. I didn’t even ask where this would be displayed. All I know is they work with the world top hotels. I hope this gets to one of those places where Royalties stays and they would commission me to make similar piece, but in gold 🙂 Recently we had an inquiry from a hotel in Qatar for 500 pieces of artwork. I had to decline because I don’t want to flood the world with my work… and also I believe in the law of supply and demand. If I can do just 4-6 pieces of my work per year and charge premium, then I would very much prefer that than have millions of dollars but compromise the value of my work. I am always reminded by a Quincy Jones quote, “God walks out of the room when you’re thinking about money”. I never really work with money as main motivation. Any money that I make get spent on funding more expensive project and helping people around me. I don’t like keeping a lot of money. I grew up with so little that I am really uncomfortable around it. This is the third panda that I made. It’s also the biggest. I make big artworks now because I want my patrons to display it on the main area and not just on hallways as a friend of mine once commented because of its then small size. If I am going to spend a lot of time working on something, then it better be front and center. It’s amazing that when I started my endangered series, the giant panda was still endangered and when I launched the project, it got removed from the list. I am not saying that I single-handedly saved the giant panda 🙂 it just gives me hope for humanity.

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I had to reschedule a couple of solo shows to next year because of my current workload. I am also developing new work and thought I don’t really have to rush into it because I have more work than I can manage, and for some reason it’s quite hard to sell my work in my own country. I feel like the hardest part of the job is taste-making. To be able to sell something where people doesn’t usually spend money on. To make my work more than the craft. What I also did not expect after working on personal work is I would get more ambitious. My dreams are filled of huge version of my work these days. Work as big as mansions. Every day it’s marinating on my head. When I enter a new building now, my head is thinking of solutions how these engineers built something that doesn’t crumble. You know when I was in college I spent a short amount of time working on a small architecture firm converting old house plans into CAD files. And now since I am already doing big work, I get to revisit the skills that I develop during those days. And now my days are spent hoping that the universe would connect me to someone who could possibly fund it. This has exacerbated more when I saw that trailer of the new Aladdin where they show the cave entrance that looks like a lion. I was thinking of something similar to that already but something that has my style. I can already imagine it and I can’t wait for the day that it would become a reality. For now I guess an update Lynx would suffice 🙂

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Fantastic Origami Animals by Oz Neyer https://ourfunnylittlesite.com/fantastic-origami-animals-by-oz-neyer/ Sun, 26 May 2019 08:01:48 +0000 https://ourfunnylittlesite.com/?p=6068 Origami is the ancient Japanese art of paper folding. Though it sounds simple, we’re always astonished by the unique twists and the distinctive art that is made using just paper and ancient folding techniques. Oz Neyer, an Argentinian artist, shares his origami creations with his Instagram followers and his account is becoming more popular every […]

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Origami is the ancient Japanese art of paper folding. Though it sounds simple, we’re always astonished by the unique twists and the distinctive art that is made using just paper and ancient folding techniques.

Oz Neyer, an Argentinian artist, shares his origami creations with his Instagram followers and his account is becoming more popular every day. You can see why — Neyer makes minimalistic animals and other shapes that somehow look complex at the same time, which attest to the amount of patience and skill the artist has.

Enjoy his work below.

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