This strange and mystical wood carving recently popped up in the woods of Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, UK. At first the Daily Mail claimed it was the work of Banksy. However after a BBC investigation it was deemed that that the work was actualy done by Tommy Craggs, who was commissioned by the land owner to do the sculpture.

“Light & Jelly” is series of lamps cast in jelly by Le Creative Sweatshop, photographed byFabrice Fouillet.

London artist Michael Willis works with bold symbols and  nostalgic  80′s design to create his unique take on modern pop culture. Head on over to Michael Willis‘s website which he calls “Otherscenes” where you can view his portfolio of graphic art & design.

Artist Stuart Murdoch created a huge tank out of 5,000 empty egg cartons, taking over 500 hours to build, he built it to raise money for Help For Heroes which helps wounded British servicemen.

According to the Daily Mail artist Stuart Murdoch created a massive tank out of 5,000 empty egg cartons, 26 litres of glue, 10,100 nails, 15 litres of paint, 80 square metres of steel and 5,013 staples. The piece took over 512 hours to build and was made to raise money for Help For Heroes which helps wounded British servicemen and women returning from conflict. More images of the tank after the jump.

Studio visit with Maurice Mbikayi:

Perhaps the literary nerd in all of us automatically connects skulls to Shakespeare or iterations of Hamlet just never cease but African conceptual artist Maurice Mbikayi spins the old interpretation on its head (figuratively speaking).

Mbikayi’s artist statement reveals that his main purpose is to connect history with a technological shift in his country. How has African evolved in the past handful of decades with increased technological dependence and who benefits from it? How accessible is technology in a place with such turmoil from both internal and external factors?

These skulls are comprised of keys from a computer keyboard. Is death the ultimate cost of technology’s impact on people in a certain place? Or is Mbikayi foreshadowing the demise of all people at the very hands of technology? And whose hands control it? Delving into socio-political and economic factors in his work, Mbikayi is cleverly asserting a universal argument for humanity.

By Sarah MacDonald

Art by David Jien.

Some weird ass art from Patricia Piccinini. See here current show from November 5th – December 7th, 2011 at Conner Contemporary Art.

Art from Bubi Canal.

“Mound”, another glorious animation by Allison Schulnik.

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Girls-Unawares is a 3d artist based in Hamburg, Germany who creates media-morphed, sexually-reduced, ad-aesthetical and fetishized models that deconstruct fashion photography. See the more explicit images after the jump. via B/D