Sculpture: Impossible Bottles

"My Compliments to the Chef" by Kiva Ford

Kiva Ford is a glass artist who creates glorious examples of impossible bottles featuring intricate scientific imagery, including animals, body parts, flowers, and geometric structures like scientific specimens .

“Ford’s artistic work is influenced by his interests in history, mythology, and the natural world, and his affinity for scientific objects led him to pursue a college degree in Scientific Glassblowing. Several of his pieces are treated as if they were natural specimens preserved in jars like a floating, wriggling octopus, colorful glass birds, or delicate glass flowers sealed within glass bell jars.”

Lego Creation: Minifig Anatomy

"Tiny Lego Man anatomy sculpt" by Jason Freeny

2.75” Lego man anatomical sculpt, hand painted.

Interior Design: Anatomical Heart Vase

"Anatomical Heart Vase" by New Jersy-based Michael Locascio

Prints available for purchase from Etsy. US$90

It works for both Valentine's and Halloween.  Nice.

Sculpture: Bas-Relief Skulls

Bas-Relief Skulls by New Jersey-based Gregory Halili

On exhibit at Silverlens Galleries in Manila and Nancy Hoffman Gallery in New York.

Gregory Halili creates stunning bas-relief  carvings of human skulls delicately hand-carved and painted on the mother of pearl interior of gold-lip and black-lip oyster shells collected from his native Philippines.  He begins by carving the images by hand, then he uses oil paint to dab muted tones of color onto the iridescent surface.

Sculpture: Oral:phabet

"Oral:phabet" by Takayuki Ogawa, 2013.

Photographed by Kyoutaro Hayashi

Graphic designer Takayuki Ogawa has created this grotesque, three-dimensional typeface by modeling each letter modeled after the human mouth, frozen in place as it enunciates each letter.  Ogawa made the clay and acrylic paint sculptures as a student project at Tama Art University in Setagaya, Japan.

Street Art: Alligator Anatomy

Austrian street artist Nychos finished this second piece in Miami for Art Basel 2013 in his signature anatomical cross-section style.  This piece is located at 80 NE 29th street.

Street Art: Raptor Anatomy

Earlier this month, Austrian street artist Nychos created one of his signature anatomical cross-section murals in Miami, Florida for Art Basel 2013.  This time, it's what appears to be a Raptor straight out of Jurassic Park.  Typically, his subject matter features real world animals, but his vivid style lends itself very well to the fantastical.  

Sculpture: Jumping Brain

"Bronze Jumping Brain" by Emilio Garcia

Sculpture: Amber

"Amber" by Li Hui

Acrylic, laser, stainless steel

Crafts: Anatomical Stained Glass

The “Chapel” series by Belgian artist Wim Delvoye

For this dark series, which was initiated in 1999, Wim Delvoye has created some very unusual stained-glass windows of steel, lead, glass and actual x-rays.  Delvoye took x-rays of two friends performing sexual acts, then combined the resultant x-rays with stained glass to fill the windows of a gothic chapel.

Some of the windows simply look like abstract designs, but upon closer inspection, the anatomical features become apparent, including teeth, skulls, and intestines.  There are also several more risque pieces available to peruse on the artist's website.

Sculpture: Ways Of Seeing

"Ways Of Seeing (Test)" by Joe Black, 2013.

15,000 Hand-painted test tubes, coated in resin and mounted on a dye-cut aluminum disc.

"Joe Black is known for making massive mosaic-like works based on popular imagery, using large quantities of manufactured miniature objects. Black, who is uncomfortable being called a professional artist, received his training in sculpture before working in illustration and commercial art. To make his works, Black says that he will use anything small and plentiful—ball bearings, Lego bricks, button pins, toy figurines—as long as it relates to the image. For example, his work Made in China (2011) depicts a famous 1938 portrait of a Chinese boy soldier, crafted from over 5,500 toy soldiers manufactured in China."

Sculpture: Classic Sculptures Dissected

"Classic Sculptures Dissected" by Cao Hui, 2011-2012.

[Previously: Sculpture: If I Were]

Sculpture: Face Off

"Faceoff" by Mario David Fischer, 2011.

Silkscreened on ten layers of acrylic in polyurethane paint.

Sweets: Anatomically Correct Chocolates

Anatomically Correct Chocolates by Visual Anatomy

Papercraft: The Human Body

The Human Body by Kelli Andersen  of design studio Tinybop

Andersen created over two hundred illustrations of bones, veins, muscles and other anatomy for this stop motion video and an interactive app.

Papercraft: The Heart

The Heart by Bartek Elsner

Papercraft: Quilled Anatomy

Quilled Anatomy by Sarah Yakawonis

Available for purchase from Etsy. US$17

This poster is printed in full color on 100 lb  cover weight paper, with an aqueous sheen. There is a .5 inch white border around the image allowing for easy framing. The total size of the image is 13 x 11 in. The prints feature the paper quilling of Sarah Yakawonis.

Illustration: Organ Studies

"Organ Studies: In tribute to those who have passed away" by Canadian Eric Bellefeuille

"The goal of this project was done to remember all those we loved and who passed away from brain tumors and heart disease. The black surrounding wireframes represents the microscopic invasion of cellular disruptions. The typography overlays represent the scientist tracking and hunting for a cure by the usage of new technology. Hopefully one day I will be able to redo this pieces with a bright shinny blue overlay... Until then this artwork will stay that way."

Papercraft: Torso with Removable Organs

Papercraft Torso by  Horst Kiechle

Patterns and step-by-step instructions available for download from Kiechle’s website.

Sculpture: Lucy Skull

"Lucy Skull" by Mike Pelletier

Created for the "Ctrl-Z" exhibition curated by 3d artist Eric Van Straaten

"The model of the skull was generated from a friend's dental tomography scan. The form of the object was created by creating an array of copies of the skull, where each successive copy of the skull is scaled, rotated, and moved. The skull starts at life size at the front and ends up rotated 180 degrees and two times larger than life at the back."