Hundreds of Meticulously Layered Strips of Metallic Convey Selçuk Yılmaz’s Large Cat Sculptures to Life — Colossal
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#animals
#cats
#metallic
#sculpture
#Selçuk Yılmaz
“Jaguar.” All pictures © Selçuk Yılmaz, shared with permission
Hundreds of skinny, intricately positioned metallic strips kind highly effective wildlife portraits by Selçuk Yılmaz (beforehand). Including new which means to “huge cats,” his latest collection explores the legendary energy, braveness, and resilience of jaguars, lions, and the prehistoric saber-tooth tiger. A painstaking strategy of hammering, layering and welding particular person items hyperlinks real looking illustration and the addition of inventive parts, such because the regal adornment on the brow of the lion, which is titled “King.”
Minimal, abstracted contours delineate the type of Yılmaz’s saber-tooth tiger, an enormous cat that roamed what’s now North and South America for millennia till they grew to become extinct about 10,000 years in the past. Combining a sensible face with a easy define, the artist attracts consideration to its snarling expression and the truth that we are able to solely think about what the early mammals truly regarded like. In “Jaguar,” a lifelike portrayal of a muscular feline interacts with the sunshine via layered textures. “Since mild and metallic have reverse properties, they’ll create an attention-grabbing stability and distinction after they come collectively,” the artist tells Colossal. “It provides the sensation that mild has a soul.”
Discover extra of Yılmaz’s work on Instagram and Behance.
“King”
“Saber-tooth Tiger”
Element of “Saber-tooth Tiger”
Element of “Saber-tooth Tiger”
The artist with “Jaguar”
“Saber-tooth Tiger” in progress
#animals
#cats
#metallic
#sculpture
#Selçuk Yılmaz
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