Artist Sonia Rentsch has created in her Harm Less series, weapons made of plants. They were created to defuse the power of modern weaponry by constructing guns, grenades and bullets completely from organic objects. The shape and form of each piece are really convincing, yet I also enjoy the obviousness of each plant chosen to resemble various gun parts. Check out more of Sonia work on her site.

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Artist Marta Klonowska carefully created these beautiful glass animals out of shards of colorful glass. She assembled these translucent animals in life-like proportion and size. Her work appeared most recently at European Glass Context 2012, and you can see more images over on lorch + seidel contemporary.



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Kota Hiratsuka a Japanese paper engineer has created these complex and beautiful origami mosaics. They rely on cut and folded geometric patterns to create these images below. Kota plans on turning these designs into various templates as downloadable PDFs through his website but not just yet.  In the mean time you can check out more of his work on his site and on Flickr.



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This awesome sculpture was made of resin and recycled computer keys by Babis Cloud and it sure is sweet looking. The piece is titled Hedonism(y) Trojaner, derived from the giant mythological Trojan horse.  I'm just assuming that on some level he refers this horse to the negative aspects of technology (viruses, irrational dependence on computers), but you can read a bit more explanation over on iGNANT.



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Here are some future artifacts that were designed by Rebecca Johnson and Jeff Klarin of Bughouse design studio. We have all kinds of artifacts like the joystick, turntable and other gadgets that were made out of cement and were individually casted and color stained. Check out more of Bughouse designs on their site



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Seung Mo Park a Koran sculptor designs and makes extremely detailed portraits out of multiple layers of stainless steel wire mesh. Seung sketches or projects images of his models on wire mesh and then cuts parts out to add depth and a three-dimensional feel to them. Check out more work by Seung Mo Park.



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We have all seen the vinyl bowls, but check out these guys love of recycling vinyl. Angelo Bramanti and Giuseppe Siracusa of L017 transform recycled vinyl records into unique works of art. Sometimes artists can see an object and transform it into something that someone might want to put in their homes. Plus, who wouldn't want a vinyl record with their face coming out of it.

Miller Lagos is the creator behind the Book Igloo. This installation was created for MagnanMetz Gallery in New York City and it's entitled simply “Home”.  Each book was carefully stacked to create a compact dome that is entirely self-supporting.  I guess if you were bored, you could take a book from your house and have a nice read, although it would leave a hole in your house. Check out more of Miller Lagos work here.



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I don't think I have every talked about rope sculptures on TCL before, so here it is for the first time.  The artist Mozart Guerra created these realistic three-dimensional models of animal and human heads and then wraps them with nylon rope. They are beautiful pieces of art like the Rams head and the Giraffe and the Geisha Head. Check out more of Brazilian artist Mozart Guerra here.