Realism in Fabrics

There aren't any words to do justice to this brilliant portfolio. I've never been a fan of coffee table books, but Figures in Fabric is a gift I would recommend to everyone. The detail in Ms. Lichtenfels' work is beyond dazzling. Her Madonna brought tears to my eyes.
Truly this woman's gift came from the gods.

These are not live models. These figures are sculptures from cloth.



There's more...

Keith Waldrop

won this year's National Book Award for Poetry.

Dioramas in Clay

These are so cute and so creative. I don't understand Chinese, so I don't know who the artist or artists are.

Here is one of a little girl, a chef in the garden.

And there is so much more.

By Their Works

Who cleaned up the Last Supper?
These would be my people.
Maybe hung over, wanting
desperately a better job,
standing with rags
in hand as the window
beckons with hills
of yellow grass. In Da Vinci,
the blue robed apostle
gesturing at Christ
is saying, give Him the check.
What a mess they've made
of their faith. My God
would put a busboy
on earth to roam
among the waiters
and remind them to share
their tips. The woman
who finished one
half eaten olive
and scooped the rest
into her pockets,
walked her tiny pride home
to children who looked
at her smile and saw
the salvation of a meal.
All that week
at work she ignored
customers who talked
of Rome and silk
and crucifixions,
though she couldn't stop
thinking of this man
who said thank you
each time she filled
His glass.

© Bob Hicok

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Text on Texture

This gentleman's calligraphy evokes and provokes, drawing blood with ink along an incision so precise you might be tempted to believe him a surgeon.

But there is so much more to Graham McArthur.

Graceful Miniatures in Paper

With tiny bits of paper and glue, Elsita creates the smallest and most graceful of God's creatures.
Elsa Mora was born and raised on the island of Cuba. She grew up in a large family headed by a single mother. She was taught that education, hard work, and discipline were needed to make one's dreams come true.

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Mixing Media | Mixing Disciplines

You might be tempted to call this collage, but clearly there's more going on here than paper and glue,
lots more!

Mark Doty

has won this year's National Book Award for Poetry.

Worthy

Andy Goldsworthy was born in Cheshire in 1956 and was brought up in Yorkshire. He studied at Bradford College of Art (1974-75) and Preston Polytechnic (1975-78).


His sculptures are awe-inspiring. Always a part of, and not apart from nature.

It is impossible to find photographs of all his work in one place, so I offer you pages of Google's thumbnails to select at your leisure.

And there's more, yet to read.

3D photography

Bert Simons blends origami with uncanny modeling.