Tristin Lowe’s colossal sculpture Mocha Dick is a fifty-two-feet-long recreation of the real-life albino sperm whale that terrorized early 19th-century whaling vessels near Mocha Island. Lowe worked with the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia to make the sculpture: a large-scale vinyl inflatable understructure sheathed in white industrial felt
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Koshiro Onchi was an innovative, independent, and charismatic artist, a central figure in 20th-century Japanese printmaking. Onchi's experimentation in sôsaku hanga("creative prints") inspired several generations of artists. Perhaps more than anyone else, it was Onchi who identified the principle of self-carving and self-printing as essential to the sôsaku hanga artist.
Discover the best highlights from maison objet fall 2012 on Dwell
Making their usual colorful appearance at the show was Finnish textile brand Marimekko, who displayed rhombus-shaped swatches of the new season’s fabrics across the walls of their booth like a giant psychedelic jigsaw. Photo by: Ali Morris Read more: http://www.dwell.com/slideshows/highlights-from-maison--objet-fall-2012.html?slide=1=y=true#ixzz27865mL7J
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