Wise Sculptures
Phillip Ceccato's sculptures of animals and birds are "95% anatomically correct". He has achieved this level of accuracy by combining a love of wildlife, attention to detail and a lot of research at the Queensland Museum. Phil established Wise . [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Clay Portrait
Clay portraits have been popular in many cultures for thousands of years. Perhaps some of the better-known statues and sculptures are identified with the ancient Greeks and Romans. Mea Souris, however, is a modern day portrait artist who chooses ... [... more]
NineMSN OurHouse |
Blooms of Bressingham
There are two ways to create a crowd pleasing show garden. You can design a cool courtyard and put in some fancy furniture and big pots and stylish sculptures. Or you can just let the plants shine and hope the judges also take a shine to ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
George Quasha
George Quasha's extraordinary sculptures unite natural stones in a state of breathtakingly improbable balance. The stones are not altered physically or bonded in any way; rather, Quasha discovers an unknown axis that brings them into radical ... [... more]
Random House |
Hailey Abbott
After years of watching couples come to blows over ice sculptures, Abby wants no part of the family business. She'd rather spend weekends kicking a soccer ball or antagonizing Noah, the cute son of a famous pastry chef-not doing the Electric ... [... more]
Random House |
Ron Van Der Meer
This is a book that truly has to be seen to be appreciated. Each spread features a different shape (square, circle, star, triangle, rectangle) that has been cleverly paper-engineered to form spectacular sculptures. Readers are invited to find and ... [... more]
Random House |
Minus 5 Bar Sydney
Chill out at Sydney's new Minus 5 Bar. With spectacular views across Sydney Harbour, ice sculptures and wearing a ski suit you sure to have a memorable time. Thursday, March 9, 2006 A visit to Minus 5 Bar starts out normally enough. A restaurant ... [... more]
Getaway |
Sapporo Ice Festival
Jules is about to overload his senses as he hits Japan's Sapporo Ice Festival for a sculpture spectacular. Jules checks out the ice sculptures Sculptures by night Sapporo Thursday, June 17, 2004 Jules is about to overload his senses as he hits ... [... more]
Getaway |
Netsuke Artist
Netsuke is the traditional craft of carving miniature wooden sculptures. There are only about 50 netsuke artists in the world and most of these are Japanese men. However, amazingly enough, one of the best netsuke artists in the world is a woman ... [... more]
NineMSN OurHouse |
Mosaic Tray
Mosaics have long been admired for their intricate patterns and fantastic colours. Throughout the ages they have been used in many ways, including in Moorish architecture and in the buildings and sculptures of Spanish architect Antoni Gaudi. ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Car Part Art
Don visited sculptor James Corbett at his studio in Caboolture, near Brisbane. Unlike traditional sculptors, who work in stone or bronze, James makes his sculptures from old car parts. He first discovered his knack for sculpting when he ran a ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Cloudehill Sculptures
Cloudehill is at Olinda in the Dandenongs, about an hour's drive from Melbourne. Burke's Backyard has made a point of visiting this spectacular garden over a number of years, and talking to owner Jeremy Francis. At Cloudehill Jeremy combines ... [... more]
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