sculpture

Artist Herb Williams installed these Crayola fire sculptures in the National Ranching Heritage Center at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. The piece, entitled "Unwanted Visitor: Portrait of Wildfire," uses thousands of crayons and was inspired by the Texas wildfires of the summer of 2011. Check for more information in the via link!

Check out more of this installation by Jason Hackenworth over at Colossal!

This sculpture is one of a series by Robert Jefferson Travis Pond, who makes animals like these out of old car parts and other found hardware. Check the via link for more!

Parisian artist Cedric La Borgne these illuminated human and deer figures, putting them up in highly visible public areas. Check some of them in the gallery below!

Russian artist Dimitri Tsykalov eschews traditional sculpting tools and makes these fruit and vegetable skulls using axes, saws, and electrical drills - making them even creepier than they already are. Check the via link for more, and check out plenty more cool food sculptures and lols over here!

Aeroflorale II, by La Machine.

This year, the "experiment in temporary community" known as Burning Man took place in Black Rock, Nevada. The festival brings in thousands of people, and with them a slew of amazing sculptures and art projects. Check out some of the things on display this year, and even more (some from years past) in the gallery below!