Wax On, Wax Off

Mountainous paintings, a felt bodega, and good hair days. [View this email in your browser]( Rugged Multi-Color Paintings by Dylan Gebbia-Richards Mirror the Textures of Molten Rock Breathtakingly colorful textures pop out when viewers first witness Dylan Gebbia-Richards’s large-scale paintings, which appear to escape from their canvas. His [rugged works]( mirror the structure of natural forms such as molten rock or coral. Lucy Sparrow’s ’80s Style Supermarket Offers 31,000 Handmade Felt Items Taking up 2,800 square feet of the Standard Hotel in Downtown LA, Lucy Sparrow's fifth large-scale installation is quite literally stuffed with replicas of everyday products, each [handmade from felt](. School of Visual Arts Division of Continuing Education Fall 2018 Information Sessions (Sponsor) Learn about [School of Visual Art]( courses, get the inside scoop on career opportunities, meet their faculty, and discover the latest on what they have to offer at special events this fall. Programs include [Photography]( [Interior Design]( [Fine Arts]( and [Visual Narrative](. All information sessions begin at 6:30pm and are open to the general public, free of charge, at School of Visual Arts’ campus in New York, NY. For more information, please visit [sva.edu/ce](. Betta Fish Imitate Elegantly Posed Dancers in New Portraits by Visarute Angkatavanich Thai photographer Visarute Angkatavanich creates [richly hued portraits]( that appear more like staged dance images than animal photography. Nigerian Hair Culture Documented in Rainbow-Hued Portraits by Medina Dugger Lagos-based photographer Medina Dugger documents colorful hair culture in the coastal Nigerian city with her ongoing series [Chroma](. Coral-Inspired Vessels Formed From Thousands of Individually-Applied Porcelain Fragments by Olivia Walker London and Barcelona-based ceramicist Olivia Walker [produces works in porcelain]( that address the ideas of growth and decay through additive and subtractive processes. From The Colossal Shop | Books Help Us Grow The [newest print]( from illustrator and screenprinter Jay Ryan celebrates the joy and discovery of reading. Find 'The Garden' in [The Colossal Shop]( Sinuously Curved Benches Made with Thin Strips of Steam-Bent Hardwood Brooklyn-based furniture designer and sculptor Matthias Pliessnig creates [sumptuous, twisting benches]( by steam-bending hardwood. He first developed the process in 2006 while studying wooden boat building techniques. Conceptual Sculptures by Dario Escobar Reflect the Product Displays of Popular Sporting Goods Guatemalan conceptual artist Darío Escobar's sculptural works make use of soccer balls that have had their patches removed and resewn inside out, bats that have been broken and configured to form skylines, and skateboards that have been cut into pieces and [reformed using gold hinges](. #Tags of the Week Explore the archive and find seven+ years of posts tagged with [baskets]( [fireflies]( and [maps](. Want your news on a weekly rotation? Click on "update your preferences" in the footer below and select the weekly frequency for a round-up of highlights mailed each Tuesday. Copyright © 2018 Colossal, all rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list]( [MailChimp Email Marketing](