21 Incredible Artworks That Took An Extraordinary Amount Of Time To Complete

Artists know that their process is as important as the product. In fact, the time they put into their work can directly affect how powerful and impressive their completed piece will be in the end. Here are some time-consuming works of art whose ends justify the means.
Snow art



Hyperrealistic pencil drawings of eyes up close




Encyclopedia landscape sculptures



Hand-carved leather paintings


Layered resin paintings/sculptures


Human wire sculptures



Wood chip animal sculptures



Stone balancing



Fingerprint portraits



Photorealistic wire mesh portraits



Large-scale sand art



Land/soil art



Pencil sculptures



Skateboard sculptures



Woven glass kimonos


Coathanger sculptures



Matchsticks globe

Andy Yoder spent two years individually hand painting matchsticks and attaching them to a custom-built frame made of foam, cardboard, and plywood to create a giant globe. And, don’t worry, the artist thought ahead—the entire sculpture is coated in a flame retardant.


Crosshatched portraits



Tiny origami



Large-scale metal scrap sculpture


Comments