kakuunohito or 架空の人 is the performance name of Japanese artist Yuichi Ikehata. Under the name kakuunohito, Ikehata creates images of decay and dismemberment that are stunningly gorgeous and unbelievably creepy. It’s as if the subjects are caught in a split second of spontaneous combustion; I can almost imagine the skin flying off

Life is thrilling and dangerous, but also mundane. Olivier de Sagazan pulls inspiration from his African birthplace as well as his perception of human beings disguising the strange condition of our lives. In his words, we are “focusing on daily tasks, perhaps forgetting the poetry of this strange world,” and

If you’ve ever tried to build a sandcastle, you know how friggen hard it is to make it look even halfway good. So it’s unbelievable that Toshihiko Hosaka can build the massive, epic, fantastical sculptures that he does entirely out of damp sand. He uses only a few metal tools

Taxidermy is a painstaking process not for the faint of heart. It takes an excellent knowledge of anatomy, a steady hand and a great respect for nature’s creations. I admire craftspeople who can take a discarded carcass and make it a still life, but not everyone who turns their hand

Japanese artist Yoneji Inamura spent six years of his life collecting 20,000 beetles of different varieties and using them to create a five-foot sculpture of a popular Buddhist deity. It’s unclear how and when exactly Inamura started catching and collecting beetles. Some sources claim that it was during his days working

DEATH’S DUST is the work of Jeff Kastelic – skull and bone sculpture meant to be used in ritual and ceremony. He creates stunning wall hangings, incense braziers and candelabras – as well as pouches, oils, incense and jewelry – that evoke the occult in a breathtakingly beautiful way. Each of his