Scott Bain

Whilst looking for some of Mike Libby's work, I stumbled across Scott Bain's work. Bain has taken the whole cybernetic insect thing one step further - he has transformed insects into vehicles!

Just take a look at some of these, they're brilliant:







I especially like the graffitied-on beetle.

Mike Libby

After a friend mentioned him on a post, I decided to blog about him.

Mike Libby creates some absolutely beautiful steampunk insects and arachnids, using real insects or arachnids combined with mechanical parts. All the intricate little clockwork details make the bugs seem fragile and delicate, and it serves to make them even more interesting-looking than they already are.

I'm a fan of the steampunk look, so these really appeal to me.

Tim Lewis

"Pony" by Tim Lewis is a kinetic sculpture of a creature that has hands for its feet, as well as its head, giving it a creepy, surreal feel. It walks along as well as reacting to movement around it. Would it be possible for creatures such as these to be genetically engineered in the future?

Here is a video of "Pony" with another of Lewis' sculpture "Jetsam" in the foreground.

Nemo Gould

Nemo Gould creates some brilliant kinetic sculptures using found objects:




This is one monkey I definitely wouldn't like to meet - just look at those teeth!





Check out more of his work at his website.

Lisa Black's Cyborg Animals

I've just discovered the sculptures of Lisa Black, where she combines the organic with the mechanical:









I think they're pretty damn cool.

Patricia Piccinini - We Are Family

Patricia Piccinini's "We Are Family"

What if we someday got to the stage where we could make weird monsters - hybrids of two completely different animals? Would they have unique human qualities, such as reasoning and conscience? They would unlikely be able to lead a happy or normal life, as they share characteristics from two animals (in the case of Piccinini's sculpture, dog and human) yet they are neither and so would be shunned by both species; regarded as an abomination.