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Artist Aganetha Dyck Collaborates with Bees to Create Sculptures Wrapped in...

Photo by William Eakin Photos by William Eakin In North America, Europe and many other parts of the world, bee populations have plummeted 30-50% due to colony collapse disorder, a fact not lost on...

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Geometric Beehive Sculptures by Ren Ri

Artist and beekeeper Ren Ri employs bees in the construction of these amazing encapsulated sculptures. The artist first builds transparent polyhedrons and cubes with an inner framework of wooden...

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Food Artist Uses Wax to Make Incredibly Realistic Food Samples in Japan

This food artist in the town of Gujo, Japan demonstrates how to make tempura and other foods using layers of colored wax and other materials. The first part with shrimp tempura is fun, but the realism...

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The Delicate Floral Wax Sculptures and Laser Cut Paintings of Valerie Hammond

“Transition II” (2008), wax, silk and wire, 20x5x6″, courtesy of the artist and Littlejohn Contemporary, New York Valerie Hammond imbues a delicate understanding of each material she works with,...

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Geode-Like Sculptures Formed From Colorful Layers of Molten Beeswax

“Pair” (2016), all images via Laura Moriarty Self-taught artist Laura Moriarty's sculptural paintings appear like long lost geodes, geological mysteries layered with multi-colored rings. The...

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Artist Aganetha Dyck Collaborates with Bees to Create Sculptures Wrapped in...

Photo by William Eakin Photos by William Eakin In North America, Europe and many other parts of the world, bee populations have plummeted 30-50% due to colony collapse disorder, a fact not lost on...

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Geometric Beehive Sculptures by Ren Ri

Artist and beekeeper Ren Ri employs bees in the construction of these amazing encapsulated sculptures. The artist first builds transparent polyhedrons and cubes with an inner framework of wooden...

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Food Artist Uses Wax to Make Incredibly Realistic Food Samples in Japan

This food artist in the town of Gujo, Japan demonstrates how to make tempura and other foods using layers of colored wax and other materials. The first part with shrimp tempura is fun, but the realism...

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The Delicate Floral Wax Sculptures and Laser Cut Paintings of Valerie Hammond

“Transition II” (2008), wax, silk and wire, 20x5x6″, courtesy of the artist and Littlejohn Contemporary, New York Valerie Hammond imbues a delicate understanding of each material she works with,...

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Geode-Like Sculptures Formed From Colorful Layers of Molten Beeswax

“Pair” (2016), all images via Laura Moriarty Self-taught artist Laura Moriarty‘s sculptural paintings appear like long lost geodes, geological mysteries layered with multi-colored rings. The...

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Rugged Multi-Color Paintings by Dylan Gebbia-Richards Mirror the Textures of...

Credit: Wes Magyar Breathtakingly colorful textures pop out when viewers first witness Dylan Gebbia-Richards’s large-scale paintings which appear to escape from their canvas. His rugged works mirror...

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Transformation and Excess Explored in Heavily Decorated Wax Sculptures by...

Photographs: Marianne Wie The sweet and the sinister commingle in Rebecca Stevenson‘s wax sculptures that depict humans and animals bursting open to reveal flowers and fruits. Classical busts and...

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Color Outside the Lines with the Chunky, Squiggly Crayons Designed by Retoolings

All images © Retoolings, shared with permission There’s one question looming over Keetra Dean Dixon’s designs: “To color or to keep?” Based in rural Alaska, Dixon is behind the bespoke crayon...

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Create a Kaleidoscopic Coloring Experience with goober’s Stackable Block Crayons

All images © goober, shared with permission Thanks to their waxy coating, goober’s nutty snacks are sure to stay fresh—that is, until they undergo a heavy round of coloring. Based in Seoul, the company...

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60,000 Bees Recreate the Nefertiti Bust and Other Classic Sculptures in Wax...

“Eternity” (2019-2020), natural beeswax, wood, glass, Cor-ten steel, 230 x 100 x 100 centimeters. All images © Tomáš Libertíny, shared with permission Tomáš Libertíny prefers to collaborate when...

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Plants Embedded in Wax Sprout from Fragile Hands in Memory-Infused Works by...

All images © Valerie Hammond, shared with permission In Valerie Hammond’s series of wax drawings, protection is two-fold: the artist (previously) encases dried flowers and ferns in a thin layer of wax,...

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A Retro Boombox Candle by Cent LDN Recreates a Hip-Hop Classic in Creamy Wax

All images via Cent LDN Turn that Root Down into a meltdown with the first-ever candle replica of the boombox so iconic it’s simply referred to as “The King.” Cent LDN just released a retro design...

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Whimsical Illustrations and Motifs Dyed with a Traditional Wax-Resist Method...

All images © Caroline Södergren, shared with permission Formally trained in glassblowing, Stockholm-based artist Caroline Södergren transfers her experience working with a delicate, fragile material...

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A Collection of Wax Sculptures by Artist Urs Fischer Is Burning in the Bourse...

All images courtesy of Bourse de Commerce, shared with permission A diverse collection of life-size candles occupies the renovated rotunda of Bourse de Commerce in Paris, where it will spend the fall...

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Otherworldly Hybrid Characters by Toco-Oco Consider Human Existence Through...

All images © Toco-Oco, shared with permission Lara Alcântara and Guilherme Neumann, the duo behind the fantastical figurine maker Toco-Oco, envision an alternate world populated by curious animalistic...

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