Simple materials, time, obession and organic forms

Legos
the work of Nathan Sawaya - which each semester someone writes about him, so i thought I'd give you a head start.  (*Images come from this site and taken from them)
http://www.agora-gallery.com/artistpage/nathan_sawaya.aspx
found by the Agora Gallery site

Red, Plastic Bricks, Sculpture	My Boy, Plastic Bricks, Sculpture	Gray, Plastic Bricks, Sculpture	Blue, Plastic Bricks, Sculpture
RedPlastic Bricks 49" x 26" x 24"	My BoyPlastic Bricks 41" x 38" x 24"	GrayPlastic Bricks 45" x 45" x 15"	BluePlastic Bricks 34" x 42" x 18"

Skulls, Plastic Bricks, Sculpture	Untitled 1, Plastic Bricks, Sculpture	Untitled, Plastic Bricks, Sculpture	Mask, Plastic Bricks, Sculpture
SkullsPlastic Bricks 72" x 52" x 3"	Untitled 1Plastic Bricks 39" x 22" x 25"	UntitledPlastic Bricks 32" x 28" x 17"	MaskPlastic Bricks 71" x 29" x 24"

for good reading check out the design bloom sight:  http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/9563/nathan-sawaya-brick-by-brick.html




A sculpture made entirely out of pencils.













Clay

Toy Design: Examples

Artist's Chest Boards - Images TAKEN from:   http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/9399/the-art-of-chess.html
  "'the art of chess' is an exhibition of seven chess sets created by a group of contemporary
artist including jake and dinos chapman, tracey emin, tom friedman, damien hirst, barbara kruger,
alastair mackie and rachel whiteread. each artist infused their own interpretation of the board
game in real dimensions.  The exhibition is set to open on the 49th edition of milan furniture fair on april 14th
at project b gallery, in milan . this event which is part of the fuori salone will be on display
until the april 29th."

modern chess set', rachel whiteread 2005

'untitled', barbara kruger 2006

amorphous organic', alastair mackie 2008