Crowns as Art

Gonna be doing something a bit different today, rather than sculptures I'm going to be focusing on 3D design as it pertains to royal crowns.
 Perhaps the most famous, the 'Imperial State Crown' of The United Kingdom

Crowns as art, best example?  The 'Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire'

 Holy Crown of Hungary

 The Kiani Crown of Iran/Persia

 One of several Gold Crowns from the Korean Kingdom of Silla

 Iron Crown of Lombardy

Crowns take many shapes and span the continents, there is a certain artistry needed in the designs of these historical pieces and they tell us a lot about the Kingdoms they hail from, from just from a glance.

Celtic Design

For my first entry for 3D design I decided to highlight Celtic art, more specifically, High Crosses. Being both of Irish and Scottish descent I am very much interested in my heritage. I've always admired how beautiful Celtic art is because it is so intricate and unique.
 
Muiredach's High Cross-Possibly 9th or 10th century, Monasterboice, Ireland
A lot of Celtic art features the knotwork known as a Celtic knot.
An example of a Celtic knot on a high cross

Kildalton Cross, Islay, Scotland

Holy cow!
Cross of the Scriptures, Clonmacnoise, Ireland

Update and more Inspirations

So for my most recent project I'm almost finished with my puzzle piece portion. I painted the entire canvas black and plan to paint it to resemble a circuit like this:
 For that I'm aiming for neon green but I'll see what I can find.
Anyway, I noticed that when I took apart the hair dryer the inside looked a lot like a Dalek from Doctor Who  I'm not going to do an exact replica but I want to do something with a similar structure.
I also would like to possibly create a Big Brother-like overseer maybe with mirrors.
  If I can create something like Metropolis I'd be thrilled.

H. R. Giger and Other Inspirations

Today I am focusing on the inspiration for my most recent project. I've wanted to work with computer interiors for a while since I really enjoy the sort of "cyberpunk" aesthetic. In my explorations I also came across a hair dryer which I sought to tear apart and see what I could come up with.

I have several inspirations I am looking to one of them being H. R. Giger who is perhaps most known, or at least I know him, for his designs for the "Alien" film series. A lot of his work is very clearly phallic, especially for "Alien" since the Xenomorph design highly resembles certain areas of human anatomy. The fact that his work was based off actual nightmares he had adds an extra level of legitimacy to his "biomechanical" inspired designs. His work was so good it earned an Oscar for "Best Visual Effects" in 1980 for his work on "Alien".

H. R. Giger

R.I.P
1940-2014

Alien Concept Art




In Action










Other Work



Other Inspirations
I love this chair.


I want to evoke a city like "Blade Runner".

  I plan to make a design akin to "The Matrix" by using puzzle pieces.

The DC Comics title "Suicide Squad" also serves as a tone I want to match.

The Bust of Nefertiti

One of the greatest places to look for artistic inspiration is to the past. Ancient Egypt boasts an enormous collection of fascinating and diverse pieces from various eras of history and thankfully many artifacts still remain. One of these is the stunning bust of Nefertiti.

To me this is one of the most beautiful pieces out there.
For those who don't know, Nefertiti was the great royal wife of Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten and Queen Consort of Egypt. She is one the most famous Egyptian 'Queens'. The piece is made from limestone and stucco and is nineteen inches high. It was created in 1345 BC by the sculptor Thutmose. The piece was found years later in the workshop of Thutmose by a German archaeological team led by Ludwig Borchardt on 6 December 1912. It's home is at the Neues Museum in Berlin, Germany. There has been some controversy over the authenticity of the piece.
What I love most about this piece is it's most striking feature, her missing eye. Besides the symmetry of the piece and example of Ancient Egyptian beauty the piece is fascinating for the missing eye. Most likely it was lost in time but some think it may be because Nefertiti suffered from an ophthalmic infection and lost her left eye though this is unlikely because other pieces show her with the iris. There is something so beautiful about the colours of the bust and I love the fact the iris is missing because it gives her an air of mysticism and all knowing beauty. I cannot phrase it better than Borchardt did in the main written account of the discovery in his diary, 'Suddenly we had in our hands the most alive Egyptian artwork. You cannot describe it with words, You must see it'.  

The Little Mermaid

This statue named "The Little Mermaid" (Danish: Den Lille havfrue) after the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen is located in Copenhagen, Denmark.
   
This is a favourite piece of mine and has been since I first heard of it. I like it because it is simplistic and when I look at it I can feel the emotion behind it because of it's connection with the story.
 
It's so iconic it was used as inspiration for this shot in Disney's adaptation of "The Little Mermaid".

Louise Nevelson