Found objects

Found Object Assemblage

What Are Found Objects? Definition, Characteristics In modern art, the term "found object" (a translation of the French phrase "objet trouvé") is used to describe an object, found by an artist,...

I LOVE trinkets, found objects, things with a story and past life.⁠ I once had a friend who told me she would never want to help me move because of my collectibles. Needless to say, she's not my friend anymore, but there is a flipside to this story. I am also drawn to simplicity. modern. organized. clean. It's the careful balance of a story mixed with style. And also learning the difference between cherishing something and learning to let things go.⁠

A procedure for creating elaborate found-object mosaic sculptures that are well nested and optimal in terms of juxtaposition of different types of items.

Calendar Girls

I am a Los Angeles-based artist, Alexandra Dillon. I paint portraits of imagined people on found objects such as worn paintbrushes, vintage padlocks, rusty axes, and old shovels. I let the object itself suggest the personality of the character.

Freya Jobbins turns old dolls into these spectacular sculptures!

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Artist Glen Taylor solders ridges of metal to porcelain fragments, completing a halved teacup or broken saucer with a range of unusual materials: barbed wire, tarnished silverware, old book pages, and multicolored twine form a portion of the household objects. Each intervention contrasts the pristine, delicate qualities of the porcelain with the visible rust, unwieldy strings, and patchwork metals. A cabinetmaker for much of his life, Taylor originally worked with pottery but found it…

Los Angeles-based artist Alexandra Dillon paints on found objects – stuff that passes for the fabric of the modern world. Alexandra’s pictures look like details from Old Master paintings, you know, those atomically-expensive classic works hedge fund managers who value art for its exponentially growing price lend to the museum for a ticket-holders only exhibition. You … Continue reading "Artist Alexandra Dillon Paints Classic Portraits On Everyday Objects"