Creating
objects out of plastics and metals making use of 3D printers has been possible for some years now.
Not exact matches
For relatively small quantities
of goods, 3 - D printing could be cheaper, since it eliminates the costs associated with the tooling, casting, and molds required to churn
out most metal and
plastic objects.
A bizarre
object afloat in the North Sea looks like a string
of enormous rubber sausages, but is really part
of an audacious plan to finally start pulling our
plastic waste
out of the sea.
Ferrets love to chew, so ALL FOAM,
PLASTIC, and RUBBER
objects MUST be kept
out of their reach, including shoe inserts, ear plugs, kids» toys, pet toys, erasers, rubber bands, balloons, speaker foam, headphone foam, swim goggle liners, etc..
You take control
of your little
plastic people and proceed to destroy absolutely everything in the name
of collecting Studs, and complete simple puzzles that normally involve pushing levers or building
objects out of the remains
of the destruction you've wrought.
«It was formed
out of wood or
plastics, materials that could be put together permanently in some way and certainly ending up as some kind
of object.
In these works, everyday
objects take on uncanny properties, as in Two Holes
of Water No. 3, 1966, where suburban station wagons wrapped in
plastic become mobile TV and film projectors, or in Prune Flat, 1965, in which a single lightbulb descends from above, its brightness washing
out the piece's projected 16 - mm footage and restoring three - dimensionality to the world onstage.
January 12 — March 1, 2008 Jac Leirner creates installations, sculptures, and mixed media pieces using everyday
objects like business cards,
plastic bags, cigarette packs and banknotes, which are meant to live in transit; they circulate within our society with their final purpose to be destroyed and taken
out of circulation.
Recalling Claes Oldenburg's soft sculptures and Arman's consumer good Accumulations, Cárdenas's assemblages arrange everyday
objects, such as packaged food and colorful
plastic toys, into suggestive compositions evocative
of internal sex organs or genitalia peeking
out from behind unzipped pants.
Working with anything from sea worn
plastic toys, clay pipes, wire, painted drift wood to cloth, carpet and leather, Nelson's sculptures have an improvised and makeshift attitude, forming part
of a curious world
of «possible
objects» which defy critical context by reaching
out through their physicality.
The Malaysian - born, London - based artist uses the overly precious setting
of the gallery space to pull
objects — cooking utensils, kitchen fittings,
plastic tubs, sheets
of jute, etc —
out of their utilitarian context in such a way as to force viewers to think about them as discrete
objects, or things in and
of themselves, while in the process challenging the assumptions we make about their functionality and attendant concerns such as, for example, the social status
of the person who might own such an
object, its role in their lives and that relation in respect to one's own style
of living.
Consumo Ergo Sum, 2005, Miscellaneous
Plastic Container Lids Courtesy
of the artist and Morgan Lehman Gallery Curated by Marina Pacini, Chief Curator John Salvest has long made artworks
out of used
objects such as coffeefilters, cigarette butts, nail clippings, and chewed bubble gum.
The archive includes video recordings
of all
of Barney's performances, along with drawings, sculptures, and
objects made
out of his signature materials
of petroleum wax and self - lubricating
plastic and encased in vitrines.
This section features five distinct sensibilities: Michael Dee with his large star sculptures made from heated
plastic cups; David Kiddie collaborating with Michael Reafsnyder creating ceramic platters, and Reafsnyder alone, crafting mermaid goddesses
out of clay; Heimir Björgúlfsson sees nature and culture as inseparable in his enigmatic found
object works; and Wayne White continues to confound us with his unique brand
of humor and skill in new ceramic work (PORKGREASE) and painted wood sculptures.
Carol Cole has always reused cast away
objects to include in her striking sculptures which appear to made
of metal and stone but usually turn
out to be styrofoam and
plastic — so clever.
But he does this with humor and grace, and although he uses found
objects and sculptural elements taken
out of their contexts, he carefully wraps them in
plastic foil and covers them in graffiti in order for them to lose their initial meaning.