Many artists use shapes that may appear similar to both geometric and organic shapes. In this sculpture the artist used found shapes with straight and curved edges. The relationship of the shapes to one another is emphasized by the neutral color of the sculpture and the play of shadows and light.

There are pure geometric shapes such as triangles on the right side of this detail, and there are many unique shapes like those in the center of this detail.

The shapes in this painting are irregular, fantasy shapes. They resemble organic shapes which might exist in the sea, but they come from the artist's imagination.

Many shapes in our environment appear to be machine-made because of their perfect, regular, straight or curved edges. The containers on this table are made up of geometric shapes, but the artist has treated the curved, organic shapes of the bread and fruit as if they were machine-made too!