Toxiferous Designs

I've been fascinated by origami, papercraft and paper sculptures for quite some time and I can't say that I've been quite so impressed by a paper sculpture before. I adore this piece. This gorgeous paper sculpture by Ingrid Siliakus is available from Once Upon A fold.

[Via Emily Abigail]

I stumbled upon these amazing carved pencils by Dalton Ghetti over on the Zuza Fun blog! They are so detailed and amazing...I'm completely blown away.
You should check out the post on Zuza Fun to see the rest!

[Via Zuza Fun]

You can see this lifesized Castle in the Sky robot sculpture at the Ghibli Museum in Japan. Great for fans of Hayao Miyazaki films!

[Via Technabob]

Wow! I am floored by these piranha plant sculptures by Jaime Margary! Check out the gallery on flickr to see more pictures including some amazing detail shots!

[Via /Gamer]

These beautiful flower paper sculptures were created by Justine Smith from banknotes! They are all so amazing.
Check out the rest of her flower paper sculptures here!

[Via Oddee]

It's been a while since I posted an Art Car on here so I thought I'd break that long streak by posting about the incredible Space Junk Art Car by Rot N Hell. I saw it while browsing Art Car Central (the coolest art car blog around)!
Click here to see more pictures!

[Via Art Car Central and Photo by Frank Synopsis]

Domsai by Matteo Cibic is a cactus under a bell jar with sculpted legs. These interesting little sculptures are both art and living creature! I guess that's what makes them interesting to me...that and they have a very creative design.

[Via Fabrik Project]

The Library Head is a unique bookshelf that was designed by Nicola L. in the shape of a head. I can't think of a better place to store all of your favorite stories.

Multiverse is a huge light sculpture that was created by Leo Villareal and is stationed in the Concourse Walkway of the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC until November, 2009. The installation utilizes 41,000 LED nodes and runs through the entire 200 foot long space!

[Via PSFK and Unique Daily]

Thomas Keeley makes some interesting pieces of art made with modified everyday objects like the toothbrush with little people for bristles and the hugging journals pictured below.
Browse the gallery of his work to see more!

[Via MAKE]

Jeff Koons created these strange and incredible balloon art inspired pieces! I really love that giant poodle.

[Via NOTCOT and Space Invaders]

This piece of art/potential vase is called Eemeli and it was designed by Lincoln Kayiwa. I really love the design of it and I like that it has a function beyond just looking beautiful if you want it to have one. You might even think of more things to do with your Eemeli!

Is it a reef? Is it a symbiote? No, it's EEMELI! You may just plain admire it or place flowers in it.

[Via bookofjoe.com]

These amazing Hubcap Creatures by Ptolemy are made from hubcaps that have been found (mostly on the side of the road) and then fashioned into the brilliant creations you see below. If you check out the gallery you'll see many different fish, sharks and a handful of other very cool creatures as well.

Meet the Morph Pad. This is one of those things that can be classified as both creative and useful! It's a great desk toy because you can twist and turn it into colorful paper sculptures over and over again plus you can harvest a sheet whenever you need to jot something down.

These watermelons are carved so beautifully! Since I'm used to seeing artistically carved pumpkins, it's very strange to see watermelons carved in a similar way. I love the sense of depth that can be achieved by using the rind and the flesh to your advantage. You can see the entire collection by starting here and clicking your way through.

The Great Elephant is an amazing 12 metre high by 8 metre wide machine from Les Machines de l'Ile. It doesn't just look magnificent, it's also equipped to carry passengers!

When the majestic animal goes out for its walk, it is like architecture in motion departing a steel cathedral. The 49 passengers on board embark on an amazing journey on the Ile de Nantes. Each time the pachyderm goes out, it is a unique spectacle for everyone to enjoy. From the inside, the passengers will be able to see the moving gears that power the legs. They can make the elephant trumpet and control some its movements, thus becoming truly a part of the Machine.

This Shark Car was made by Patrick Amiot and Brigitte Laurent! I love that they kept the metal look by keeping some of its features sharp and jagged and that headlight makes a perfect glassy shark eye!

Meet the Sitooterie II by Heatherwick Studio! It's really an incredible structure.

The structure is a cube punctured by over 5000 long thin windows that project from all its surfaces and lift it off the ground. The cube, which measures 2.4 x 2.4 metres, is precision-machined from 15mm anodised aluminium and the windows are 18mm square-section aluminium tubes glazed with transparent orange acrylic.
As the long thin windows all point at the exact centre of the cube, it only takes a single light source, located at this central point, to send light through every tube, causing the windows to glow orange. A small number of them also project into the cube to form seating.

If you want to find out more about Heatherwick Studio click here! They've done a lot of really amazing projects.

[Via LikeCOOL]

These beautiful ceramic raygun sculptures were made by West Magoon from Muddy Mountain Pottery. One thing I really love about them is that some of them are named after sci-fi authors, series and characters!
Below you'll find the Lensman DeLameter.

This amazing photo of a sculpture at York University was taken by tim_d on flickr. I really wish I could see this in person but it has been captured so beautifully in this picture that I feel like I've already been there.