Ryan Shultz was born in Lake Forest, IL, in 1983. After a B.F.A. in The American Academy of Art in Chicago, he made a M.F.A. in the Northwestern University, Evanston. He lives and works in Chicago.

Tokyo based contemporary sculptor/artist Odani Motohiko has an impressive body of work to see. His sculptures are simply stunning.

‘ Jordan Grace Owens is an artist & illustrator with a penchant for making and an eye for design. She lives in Greensboro, North Carolina where she spends most of her days losing track of time in her cozy little studio. Most of her artwork is developed from sketchbook doodles or inspiring old snapshots. She likes to test the waters in a variety of media, but whichever tools, supplies, or surfaces she’s working with, she often finds herself cutting out along the outlines. Her cut-outs range from tiny moveable paper dolls whose limbs are cut and reassembled from hand-colored sheets of paper, to large-scale acrylic portraits painted and cut from four-foot sheets of plywood.’ Found here.

The Brunch England-based designer Ivo Vos, ‘is a series of consumer products that celebrate the mundane. Bread Slicer facilitates even, uniform, precision – cuts. Toaster brings knowledge, skill and anticipation to the toasting of a slice of bread, set angle and force to exactly hit your plate. Cutlery perfectly aligned on Placemat is rendered invisible, the Holy Grail of table placement. Teapot records the height one is able to pour tea from. Milk and Sugar allow for meticulous taste.’

Naama Arad <-- Born in Israel (1985); Lives and works in Chicago IL; Education: (2012-present) Master of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; (2006-2010) Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel; (2009) Academy der Bildenden Künste (Academy of Fine Arts), Vienna, Austria.

Passionate by fine art in his younger age, Fritz Junior Jacquet is a real self-taught man of folding, that title confers great prestige on him and his unique style distinguish from other Origami masters. The brand name JFJ (signature of the artist) built with the wire of time and the result of different univers in which Junior evolved, starting in his native Haiti where he spend the first seven years of his life. Masks made with toilet roll, folded and modelled using an technic illustrated by the artist. After that, The models are patinated with shellac gum and diverse pigments. They are finally fixed on a base according to a process enabling them to be presented at the vertical on a wall or horizontal on a furniture.

“Liminal Air” by Shinji Ohmaki is an installation of approximately 123,000 white threads in the Queensland Art Gallery. Each strand varies in length and hangs from the ceiling, creating a cloud-like entity, which can be crossed by the visitors.

Clicking around the web this morning, I ran smack into these broken tiny houses made out of paper, created by Daniele Del Nero (Savona and Milan).

Breakfast project by Sayaka Minemura (Flickr user: Bamsesayaka) from Kanagawa, Japan. These are great! : )

I’m really enjoying these mini drawings made by Mario Soria. He’s got other goodies in his Behance portfolio as well so go check it out.