Friday, 16 June 2017

Jack Storms | Prismatic Glass Sculpture

Glass is a very unique medium that draws interest throughout the art communities. One particular artist who captivates the world through his ingenious ways of manipulating the material, is Jack Storms.



From his studio in Valencia, California, Storms works with various types of glass such as lead crystal and dichroic glass. These would allow him to play with the light that inherently passes through the material, reflecting and refracting its many spectral colors in certain ways using the geometrical angles he would often create within the interior of his pieces.

Throughout his career, Storms has been commissioned to create mesmerizing artwork for many famously known events in the modern world. One of which was an optic crystal baseball bat made to commemorate Derek Jeter’s 3000’th hit in the game. Another was a sculpture made as a gift to the president of Nigeria to mark the opening of the first blood bank in Africa.


Storms’ own method of cold-glass sculpting differs from the more well-known molten glass casting technique, but has been able to do his works justice through the creation of brilliant, dazzling and scintillating works of art. His creations can be viewed through his own web platform, jackstorms.com (photo credit to the artist and his platform).

Friday, 6 January 2017

Hajime Sorayama | Eccentric Biomechanical Artforms

As controversial as art can sometimes be, its true appreciation lies in the diversity by which people understand it. Many believe that contemporary art does not have to be something that appeals to the masses, but rather a concept that solicits deep reaction or from people’s opinions. One man from Japan, is quite famous for his strangely provocative, yet widely received depictions of female biomechanical subjects.



This is the work of Hajime Sorayama, an established painter, sculptor and illustrator who makes use of a wide media range to express his highly detailed craftwork within the context of a thoroughly science-fiction visual genre. Sorayama’s art has been described as super-realistic, beautifully artificial, and futuristic in palette by his critics, and while the nature of his inspirations may suit a particular targeted audience, he has built up quite a global fan base over the decades.


The artist’s portfolio spans works that collaborate with film makers in Hollywood, such as George Lucas of the Star Wars franchise. His cross-hybrid style of combining an essentially human posture with the lustrous sheen of mechanical bodies has caught the attention of several museums and galleries in Japan and around the world. The artist maintains a couple of online platforms to house his prints, illustrations and biographies. The website sorayama.net is his homebase for web-related showcases of his works.