Mike Libby costruisce insetti. Si definisce

a multi-disciplinary artist who makes highly detailed sculptures, models, collages and drawings. Through diverse materials and methodologies, I explore themes of science, nature, fantasy, history and autobiography; highlighting illogical and acute correspondences between the real and unreal. For the past 8 years, alongside my other body of work, I have enjoyed developing the work presented here as Insect Lab.

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One day I found a dead intact beetle. I then located an old wristwatch, thinking of how the beetle also operated and looked like a little mechanical device and so decided to combine the two. After some time dissecting the beetle and outfitting it with watch parts and gears, I had a nice little sculpture.

Sito di riferimento: Insect Lab.

Aaron Ristau è uno scultore che lavora con detriti tecnologici di vari tipi. Nel suo sito dichiara:

Technology surrounds us. Products are obsolete within an ever decreasing amount of time, putting an increasing strain on our ability to deal with man made waste. Mans recyclable and manufactured surplus as a sculptors medium lends itself to an infinite variety of possibilities, which creates a whole new genre for sculptors’. By intricately integrating and redefining the purpose of reclaimed components, the completion of a sculpture is a triumph over obsolescence and the reward of creative vision.

Christopher Conte è un norvegese trapiantato a New York. Ha studiato arte, anatomia e lavora nel campo delle protesi.

Combinando scultura, medicina e biomeccanica, aiuta gli altri, ma ha anche modo di costruire cose come queste… che per di più si muovono…
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Christopher Conte was born in Bergen, Norway where he began drawing at age 3. At 6, shortly after moving to New York, he began taking college art classes at Hofstra University following a recommendation from his first grade teacher.
While still in high school he attended St. John’s University and in the eleventh grade received a scholarship to Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. Once at Pratt, he also studied human anatomy at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital through a program sponsored by Columbia University.
After earning a Bachelors Degree in Fine Art (BFA) from Pratt Institute, he entered the prosthetics field and began making artificial limbs for amputees in New York. Combining an abiding love for sculpture, medical science and biomechanics, the field enables Chris to apply his natural talents to help others in less fortunate situations, which he still does to this day.
Creating sculpture that served no practical purpose beyond being art remained his greatest diversion. In 2007, Chris began offering these unique pieces for sale to the public for the first time.