90 mediums · four crates · one workshop floor
What is art made of?
Every medium of art — oil paint and marble, woodcut ink and stained glass — with its tools, its process, and the masterpieces that made it.
Crate I
On the Surface
The two-dimensional arts: pigment, ink, light and line.
Painting
Pigment in a binder, built up stroke by stroke
Drawing
Line and mark made with the simplest tools
Printmaking
Images multiplied from a carved or etched matrix
Photography
Light captured and fixed on a sensitive surface
Illustration
Images made to explain, narrate, or sell an idea
Comic Art
Sequential images that tell a story panel by panel
Miniature Painting
Tiny, jewel-like paintings made for close, careful viewing
Icon Art
Egg tempera panels of gold light, painted for veneration
Scroll Painting
Ink and color unrolled: painting made to move, not hang
Panel Painting
Tempera and oil painted on rigid, gessoed wood panels
Street Art
Large-scale public art painted, pasted, or stenciled on walls
Graffiti Art
Spray-painted lettering and imagery on public surfaces
Poster Art
Bold flat color and lettering printed to be read from across a room
Map Art
Geography rendered as ornament, symbol, and story
Stencil Art
Images built from cut shapes and sprayed or brushed pigment
Silhouette Art
A face captured in outline, cut from solid black paper
Henna Art
Reddish-brown body art painted in henna paste on skin
Airbrush Art
Paint atomized by compressed air into smooth, sprayed gradients
Spray Paint Art
Pigment atomized from a can, sprayed onto walls and canvas
Chalk Art
Powdery pigment sticks drawn straight onto pavement
Rock Art
Humanity's oldest images, carved or painted into stone
Mandala Art
Radiating symmetry built ring by ring around a fixed center
Concept Art
Sketching a world's look before a single frame is built
Storyboard Art
Sequential sketches that plan a film shot by shot
Cover Art
Illustration and design built to sell a story from a shelf
Photomontage
Photographs cut apart and reassembled into new composite scenes
Lettering Art
Letters drawn stroke by stroke as image, not typed as text
Doodle Art
Loose, unplanned marks made to pass idle time
Line Art
Form defined by contour alone, no shading
Crate II
In the Round
Art you can walk around: carved, cast, built and fired.
Sculpture
Art you can walk around
AIInstallation Art
Art you step inside
Architecture
The art you live inside
Kinetic Art
Sculpture engineered to move, not just stand
Land Art
Earth, rock, and scale become the sculpture itself
Ice Sculpture
Carved blocks of ice, shaped before they melt
Sand Sculpture
Compacted wet sand carved before the tide returns
Public Art
Sculpture and murals made for streets, plazas, and shared civic life
Environmental Art
Large-scale artworks built from and sited within the land itself
Light Art
Sculpture and installation built from light itself as material
Sound Art
Sound composed, sculpted, and placed in space as the artwork
Performance Art
Live action by the artist's body, witnessed and then documented
Video Art
Moving image made with video technology as a sculptural material
Found Object Art
Ordinary objects recast as sculpture
Wire Art
Sculpture bent, twisted, and joined from metal wire
Balloon Art
Twisted latex shaped into figures on the spot
Origami
Paper folded, no cuts or glue, into precise sculptural form
Topiary Art
Living hedges shaped and clipped into sculptural garden form
Puppet Art
Carved and costumed figures animated by hidden human hands
Mask Art
Carved, molded faces for theater, disguise, and festival
Crate III
Made by Hand
Materials mastered: glass, thread, metal, wood and clay.
Ceramics
Clay transformed by fire
Glass Art
Light shaped by molten glass
Textile Art
Art woven, dyed, and stitched
Metal Art
Shaped by fire, hammer, and mold — sculpture in metal.
Wood Art
Grain, carve, and joinery — sculpture and craft in wood.
Paper Art
Folded, cut, layered, and cast — sculpture made from paper.
Decorative Arts
Beauty applied to everyday objects — furniture, ceramics, glass, textiles.
Folk Art
Traditional craft and imagery passed down outside academic art.
jewelry-art
Precious metal and gemstone shaped into wearable form
Pottery
Clay shaped by hand or wheel, fired hard into vessel form
Porcelain Art
Kaolin clay fired to glassy, translucent hardness
Enamel Art
Powdered glass fused to metal by fire
Lacquer Art
Tree sap built in thin coats to a mirror shine
Leather Art
Hide cut, dampened, and stamped into lasting form
Beadwork
Tiny beads stitched or woven into pattern and color
Basketry
Plant fiber coiled, twined, or plaited into vessel form
Quilt Art
Layers of fabric pieced, appliquéd, and stitched into pattern
Fiber Art
Fiber worked by hand into woven, knotted, or sculptural form
Macramé
Cord knotted by hand into pattern, fringe, and lace
Marquetry
Wood veneer cut and pieced into flat inlaid pattern
Furniture Design
Functional form shaped in wood, metal, and upholstery
Book Arts
Illuminated pages and hand-bound books as crafted objects
Papercutting
Paper cut with scissors or knife into lace-like patterns
Papier-Mâché
Paper strips and paste built up into a hardened sculptural shell
Crate IV
New Forms
The mediums the last two centuries invented.
Mixed Media
Multiple materials and processes combined within a single work.
Digital Art
Where pixels, layers, and imagination meet
Animation Art
Drawings and models given motion, frame by frame
Tattoo Art
Permanent artwork inked directly into living human skin
Generative Art
Artwork produced by rules, algorithms, and code, not by hand alone
AI Art
Pixels generated by neural networks trained on images
Fractal Art
Infinite recursive patterns generated by equations
Glitch Art
Digital images intentionally broken by errors
3D Art
Geometry, materials, and light rendered from a virtual scene
Voxel Art
Art built from stacked cubic pixels in three dimensions
Motion Graphics
Graphic design set in motion and timed to sound
Projection Mapping
Video and light mapped precisely onto real-world surfaces
Matte Painting
Painted illusion that extends a film set beyond its walls
Low Poly Art
3D scenes built from flat, faceted polygon shapes
Game Art
Concept art, pixel sprites, and renders built for playable worlds
VR Art
Sculpting light and space inside a headset, not on a flat screen
ASCII Art
Pictures built entirely from typed letters, numbers, and symbols