Osijek, Croatia
Artists burn a 10 metre high straw art installation of a phoenix during the 7th Straw Land Art Festival (via Telegraph)
Osijek, Croatia
Artists burn a 10 metre high straw art installation of a phoenix during the 7th Straw Land Art Festival (via Telegraph)
Milan, Italy
A sculpture goes on show at the Temporary Museum For New Design during 2012 Milan Design Week. (via BBC News)
London, UK
Merlin Studios’ Principal Sculptor Colin Jackman works on a clay sculpture of sprinter Usain Bolt’s head, from which a wax figure will be cast for Madame Tussauds. The Jamaican world record holder is the latest Olympian to be given a place at the attraction. Bolt will be given a spot in the interactive sports zone in time for London 2012 when it opens in July. (via Telegraph)
London, UK
Sculptor Brendan Jamison has created a sculpture of the entrance to the Prime Minister’s residence at 10 Downing Street out of sugar cubes. The work will be displayed on a bureau in the front hall behind the black door. It will be on show to visiting world leaders as they pass through the door of the Georgian townhouse. The intricate carving, complete with doorbell, knocker and letterbox, used 5,117 sugar cubes and took two months to complete. (via Telegraph)
Berlin, Germany
The sculpture at the top of Siegessaeule is silhouetted against a cloudy sky (via Telegraph)
Berlin, Germany
A plaster sculpture entitled “Knut - The Dreamer,” by artist Josef Tabachnyk, is unveiled at Berlin Zoo. This design was the winning proposal for a future bronze sculpture of Knut the polar bear. (via Telegraph)
London, UK
Workers install artist Monica Bonvicini’s RUN sculpture in the plaza of the London 2012 handball arena (via guardian.co.uk)
Run… handball… run… handball… Am I missing something?
Frankfurt, Germany
A knitted scarf with a pink textile bell on a sculpture of a bull at the Günthersburgpark. Unknown artists from a movement called Yarn Bombing, Urban Knitting or Guerrilla Knitting, are suspected to have decorated the sculpture (via guardian.co.uk)
Budapest, Hungary
An assistant to Hungarian sculptor Erno Toth mimics the pose of the sculptor’s latest work, a bronze statue of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. The statue was commissioned by Gabor Bojar, chief of Hungarian software maker Graphisoft (via Telegraph)
The Cathedral of the Annunciation in Moscow by marantzer on Flickr.
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