Realistic Bird Busts and Portraits Slot Pieces of Wood into Jigsaw-Like Sculptures



All pictures © T.A.G. Smith, shared with permission

Much like the ornamental artwork of marquetry, intarsia entails compressing minimize items of wooden into a decent, strong construction. Due to the scale of the elements, the latter method produces extra three-dimensional types that are typically fixed with dabs of glue.

British artist T.A.G. Smith employs this assemblage methodology when sculpting his small chicken busts, portraits, and single feathers encased in bins. Every bit begins with a digital rendering, adopted by Smith carving shapes from myriad kinds of wooden, permitting the colour and grain of the supplies to find out its placement within the closing kind. The ensuing sculptures, which Smith likens to a jigsaw puzzle, mix wherever from six to greater than 600 particular person items into glossy, real looking depictions of eagles, hawfinches, and puffins.

At present, the artist is including to his collection of chicken portraits, and you’ll observe his progress on Instagram, the place he additionally shares details about works accessible for buy on Etsy.

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