A blacksmith provokes surprisingly human forms from single steel bolts…

Oslo-based blacksmith and photographer Tobbe Malm manages to create unusually emotional sculptures using old bolts. The series began when Malm stumbled onto the rusting bolts at a barn in Bergsladen, Sweden. He immediately recognized the wide caps and slender stems as having humanistic qualities so he gathered them up and proceeded to heat, forge, twist and bend them into shape in his studio. The resulting collection of sculptures titled Bolt Poetry, evokes humanistic moments of affection, sadness, and pain. You can see more of his work on Behance.

   

       

Patrick Acton takes on famous things around the world……

His rendition of the Notre Dame in Paris is complete with signature matchstick flying buttresses and steeple:

Patrick Acton has used thousands of matchsticks to create an epic rendition of Harry Potter’s Hogwarts School:

The United States Capitol Building is also represented, using 500,000 matchsticks to create the complex dome:

 

Iconic landmark: Mr Acton's model of  Capitol Hill in Washington took 478,000 matchsticks to make

Aside from architecture, the artist has honed his skills to replicate the space shuttle, The Challenger, which rises over five feet tall:

Painstaking precision: Matchstick model of the Space Shuttle Challenger

Memorial: Mr Acton has dedicated his model of the Space Shuttle Challenger to the seven crew killed on board

J.R.R. Tolkien’s Minas Tirith – The Great White City: 420,000 matchsticks:

USS Iowa; 137,000 matchsticks: