Pattern Matters :: Lim Siang Ching

I'm digging the 3D paper sculptures created by Lim Siang Ching as part of the Pattern Matters project. And especially fitting tonight are the series of calendar posters. Check out all of the months and some other works over at the Pattern Matters site. LINK

Le Creative Sweatshop

Le Creative Sweatshop makes visuals of all sorts but I'm particularly fond of the majority of their work which is paper sculptures. It looks as if they primarily do display work but their website no longer shows images unless you roll over the text so it's hard to tell. (I do wonder whose bright idea is was to represent visual creations in text only but it's still worth checking out.) LINK

The Makerie Studio

The Makerie Studio creates some splendid sculptures, many utilizing primarily paper. Check out more of their work on their Behance site. LINK

The End of Gravity :: Jacob Hashimoto

Another mixed media series utilizing rice paper, I can imagine just staring at these pieces for hours on end and seeing something new in them every time. I particularly like the wall pieces with layers suspended on strings called The End of Gravity shown at the Mary Boone Gallery. See more at the artist's site. LINK

Rice Paper Sculptures :: Kirsten Hassenfeld

Featured here before for her hanging found-objects sculptures, this time I wanted to share her amazing mixed media pieces. Rice paper makes large-scale pieces luminescent and magical. At her website, check out the second half of the installations to see more photos. LINK

Paper Works :: Ed Pien

Though I'm less impressed by his drawings, artist Ed Pien seems to have found his niche in large-scale cut paper pieces. See more at his site. LINK

Paper Works :: Aoyama Hina

Artist Aoyama Hina creates a stunning array of cut-paper pieces in a variety of styles. From cut typography to manga comics, traditional Japanese scenes to modern illustrations, all highly detailed and worth seeing at her flickr page. LINK

Cut Paper :: Hunter Stabler

Artist Hunter Stabler creates some complex cut-paper pieces that are worth checking out. LINK

Paper Works :: Mia Liu

Artist Mia Liu has a few series of photos of her paper sculptures that are worth viewing available on her flickr page. LINK

Cardboard Sculptures :: Ferry Staverman

Ferry Staverman has created a whole slew of cardboard sculptures that vary in scale. Utilizing laser cutting, these 3D geometrics are kind of magical. LINK

Amos Lee - Flower

Any time I see a cut-paper animation, I'm astounding by how much work must have gone into creating it. This one seems to be a combination of some different mediums though primarily paper and a mix of stop action and digital animation, though lately, it's getting harder and harder to tell where the line is drawn between the two. LINK

Scored Illustrations :: Simon Schubert

Simon Schubert has quite a few works in folded and scored paper, mostly architectural and geometric pieces. They first started making the rounds on the internet a few years ago, but if you haven't seen them in a while, they are worth checking out again. LINK

Paperthin Music Video

Lots of colorful cut paper and illustrations went into making this animation set in a paper world, a music video for a Pete Lawrie song. LINK

RPM-1200 :: Chu Enoki

Chu Enoki is responsible for my favorite city sculpture to date, made from all sorts of shiny metal things. See more photos over at his website. Just scroll down through his "Works" till you hit them. LINK

Urban Miniatures :: Franco Recchia

Artist Franco Recchia uses parts from old computers to create miniature city scapes. See more at the Agora Gallery site. LINK

Floating City 2030 :: Anthony Lau

Anthony Lau seems to have created this project when he was an architecture student, imagining London if redesigned to float above a flooded landscape. The modeling and illustrations are pretty fantastic. LINK

Skyscraper Delftware :: Maxime Ansiau

I'm digging the mix of old-fashioned decoration with modern content and shape to create this series of delftware plates featuring famous buildings. LINK

Type the Sky :: Lisa Rienermann

This alphabet is impressive, photos of the negative space created by city buildings. LINK

Toothpick City I and II :: Stan Munro

I'm pretty sure I've featured Stan Munro's work before but here is a link to some photos of his toothpick cities. LINK

LEGO Venice

Here are landmarks of Venice done up with LEGOs. LINK

LEGO Las Vegas

Here is a series of pictures of Las Vegas landmarks done up in LEGO. LINK

LEGO NYC

Here is a link to a video of a LEGO model of New York City landmarks that was set up in Central Park back in 2008. LINK

The Typewriter

This performance by Leroy Anderson Martin Breinschmid and the Straub Festival Orchestra Vienna performs a short classical piece where the featured "instrument" is a typewriter. The speed alone in impressive. LINK

Quad Time :: Origamibiro

An audio-visual collective that calls themselves Origamibiro put together this musical and video item that creates music from everyday objects, including a typewriter. A fun watch. LINK

Keaton Music Typewriter

Though less a piece of artwork itself, this typewriter that types musical notes to create sheet music is way cool. And at the time of this post, it appears to still for sale over on Etsy. LINK

Typewriter Art :: Keira Rathbone

British artist Keira Rathbone collects typewriters and uses them to type out her artwork. See more examples on her website. LINK

Chromatic Typewriter :: Tyree Callahan

Artist Tyree Callahan has created a typewriter that types in daubs of color! Very cool. Read more about it over on her blog. LINK

Felt Underwood :: Blue Blythe

Check out more photos of this impressive Underwood typewriter made from felt. LINK

Paper Items :: Jennifer Collier

British artist Jennifer Collier builds paper sculptures of all sorts of household items. The incorporation of patterns of maps, sheet music, handwriting, or newsprint all make for some quite pretty creations. LINK

Z-Type

Here is a fun little game that can help improve your typing skills! Type the falling word bombs to make them disappear. LINK

PNC Christmas Price Index 2011

This year's PNC price index interactive does not disappoint.  Check out the cost of Christmas with this fun and clever animated piece that utilizes more of a game aspect this time. Make sure to view on a big screen. LINK

PNC Christmas Price Index 2010

PNC bank's price index for 2010 was absolutely fantastic. Interactive and animated, the index incorporated wonderful paper pop ups. Thankfully, they didn't take it down yet so you can check it out for yourself. LINK

Splice Holiday Video 2011

This one goes out to all of the grinches out there. Well done and humorous, watch the entire santa-in-space video for yourself over at vimeo. LINK

Cork Reindeer :: BeaG

Here are some cute reindeer made out of corks and twigs. I love the simplicity. LINK

Woody a Renne :: Fakir

Woody a Renne is a rather unique toy prototype done up in wood. See all the pictures or check out some of Fakir's other toy and illustration work over at the Behance site. LINK

Ribbonesia :: BAKU Maeda

Japanese artist BAKU Maeda is responsible for this adorable ribbon creations, one of many animals in all sorts of colors and shapes. See them all at the Ribbonesia website. LINK

Singing Christmas Hedgehogs

Though I chose a couple different options in this "choose your story" animation, I still didn't get a singing hedgehog. But the alternates were cute and humorous. Watch for yourself. LINK

Dominoes Everywhere for the Holidays

This is a cute little musical bit created with dominoes. LINK

Doll Fashion :: Sukra

Sukra creates hand-made clothing for dolls, and some of it is pretty darned cool, way better than anything my dolls ever came with. You can check out her flickr page that shows everything from grunge to goth, and more mainstream fashions as well. LINK

Or see what is currently for sale on her Etsy page under the shop name Sugar Baby Love. LINK

Samurai Wars :: Sillof

From the same guy who gave us steampunk Star Wars, comes the Samurai Wars, imagining the cast transplanted to a time long ago, in a country in the middle of the Pacific? Quite a hobby for a high school teacher! LINK

MTV 2011

This is probably one of the most clever ways I've ever seen of producing an animation, drawing on balloons then popping them in sequence! An advertisement for MTV Brasil,  I do wish more information were available on the team that actually created it. Watch for yourself. LINK

Life Through a Marble :: Cabe26

This series of photographs by flickr user Cabe26 is pretty awesome, closeups of the world as seen through the distortions of a marble. Beautiful. LINK

Metropolis II :: Chris Burden

Chris Burden created Metropolis II, a toy-car track that is dumbfounding in its scale. This is no living-room hot wheels track by any means. Though there are some other videos of it on YouTube, I like this "movie" version. (See credits in the text along with the video.) LINK

Kurzschluss

This well-done animation tells the story of a robot who sets off to the distributor in search of more beverages only to find love instead. LINK

The Brick Thief: A LEGO Short Film

Here's another good stop-action story from LEGO, this time about a brick thief. LINK

AT-AT Day Afternoon

Talk about bringing toys to life! This animation imagines what the day in the life of an AT-AT would be if it were a pet. There's a bit of bathroom humor at the end, but well done. LINK

Pixar's Zoetrope

Pixar. Xoetropes. What a wonderful combination! See the guys from Toy Story in action. LINK

Evil Robot Designs

I'm sure there are toy collectors out there who would be repulsed by the thought of "destroying" action figures this way, but I'll admit that I find the lamps and furniture made by Evil Robot Designs quite fun. See more at their site. LINK

Slinky Light Fixture

Though these used to be for sale, it doesn't seem as if this slinky lamp would be too difficult to make on your own. LINK

Here us a link to a different style with instructions. LINK

Chandeliers :: Carolina Fontoura Alzaga

I love these chandeliers made from bicycle parts. Artist Carolina Fontoura Alzaga has a whole slew of them on her website. LINK