Hanging sculpture

Totems

Peter Gentenaar, a paper artist based in the Netherlands, creates ethereal, large-scale sculptures of organic shapes that float in mid-air as they hang from the ceilings. Some look like aquatic plant life while others resemble the qualities of bright, delicate spring flowers. Gentenaar's craft evolved from his love for paper, a passion he acquired from the many years he spent working in a printmaking shop. His unusual, stunning work defies conventional thinking regarding paper's colloquial…

Argentinian artist and designer Cristián Mohaded, has created 'Floating Towers', a group of hanging modern woven sculptures.

For Sale on 1stDibs - Strange fruit Installation is a unique hanging sculpture by the British artist Chris Day created from hand blown and sculpted glass with steel, hessian

A stunning and poetic mobile sculpture by Jacques Jarrige. Wide fascinating movement created by meandering wood pieces screwed together and two balancing branches. Jacques Jarrige's Pieces have recently been published in Ideat, November 2011, AD Collector October 2011, World of Interiors (September & May 2011), Architectural Digest France which include a highlight on the artist (July-August 2011) and Maison Francaise (September 2011) A list of notable solo exhibitions follows: 1989 Entrepots…

wire mesh cloud sculpture | Freer Gallery of Art

Tate St. Ives

So simple...but so cool. This was hung over a stairwell so that you could look at it from the second floor, and also from below, on the stairs.