Dutch artist Madeleine Berkhemer began making sculptures from stockings in 1997, using up to 1,000 pairs of pantyhose to make each of her taut, ethereal pieces. Initially, she didn’t worry about the ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. On its face, art is often about beauty. From Mona Lisa’s demure ...

I associate plastics with superfluous packaging, ugly toys, and being bad for the environment. Generally serving as a discardable layer of some consumable good, plastic does not appear to be an ...

We’ve all seen the guilt-inducing videos of whales choking on plastic. According to the World Economic Forum, humans produce 400 million tons of plastic waste every year, yet only two tons gets ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A grocery store featuring thousands of faux food items made entirely from discarded plastic bags opens Tuesday to the public, an artist’s non-edible creation calling attention to ...

Pam Longobardi, commission for the cover of ‘Sierra’ magazine (2014) (all images courtesy the artist) Plastic has become a material of unique conceptual and physical importance to our society, and the ...

In the early 1960s, curators at the Philadelphia Museum of Art noticed something funny about one of their modern-art sculptures: It smelled like vinegar. Worse, the once-clear plastic sculpture had ...

General manager of the Cultural Village Foundation (Katara) HE Prof Dr. Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti opened on Monday the Qatari Plastic Art Exhibition at Building 19, hall 2. Attended by an elite of ...

While studying at the Thai Art Department, Faculty of Painting, Sculpture and Graphic Arts, Silpakorn University, Supanwasri Ngarmpanja, also known as Lazuli, often visited temples. It was during one ...