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Interview with Paper Artist Fideli Sundqvist

Interview with Paper Artist Fideli Sundqvist

I hope everyone had a great weekend! I’m sure you all have been waiting to see our latest interview, at least I am more than pleased to share it. This young lady is from Stockholm, Sweden and currently resides there as a graphic designer and illustrator both in the form of print, product designs and of course, paper! I’m pleased to introduce the talented Fideli Sundqvist. I hope you enjoy our interview with her. Happy Wednesday!

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Butterflies by Michael Lomax

Michael Lomax Butterflies

Michael Lomax, based out of Swansea, United Kingdom, has created this highly detailed paper cut with various types of butterflies.

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The making of the Heathrow Christmas card with Rob Ryan

Final Artwork - Heathrow Christmas card with Rob Ryan

Renowned artist Rob Ryan talks through how he created Heathrow’s 2011 Christmas card…

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Relief Paper Cuts by Laura Kasalo

Relief Paper Cuts by Laura Kasalo

Laura Kasalo is a Columbian industrial designer that has been experimenting with different paper techniques to make a geometrical and volumetric shapes which she calls “subtraction”. It is her first time experimenting with paper, but she will be pursing more in her brand entitled “kasalo”, where I think she has done a lovely job, which encompasses surface design.

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Stereo.type by Ebon Heath

Stereo.type by Ebon Heath

“This work (called Stereo.type) is a synthesis of our typographic language with the physical expression of our body language. These kinetic structures make the viewer listen with their eyes… or how can we make sound and its symbols found in language able to be heard visually. How can we unlock the sleeping meaning latent in a authors arrangement of letters and words to be free and as expressive as its content. When words come alive it will not be quiet. Some may yell or whisper, but they all are saying something.” — Ebon HeathContinue reading

Paper Bird Sculptures by Diana Beltran Herrera

Paper Bird Sculptures by Diana Beltran Herrera

Colombian designer and illustrator Diana Beltran Herrera has created these uniquely crafted paper birds.

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Scalpel Works by Georgia Russell

“A play of solids and voids as well as content and proportions, the wispy creations explore the notion of an unseen network of energetic motions while illustrating the transient quality of a single moment.” — Designboom

Scottish-born, Paris based Georgia Russell is no amateur when it comes to manipulating photographs into rhythmic textural images by way of paper under the knife. Her pieces transport you to different times and evoke countless emotions that add to the narrative of each piece.

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Paper Cut Letters by Annie Vought

Paper Cut Letters by Annie Vought

Annie Vought believes that “a letter is physical confirmation of who we were at the moment it was written, or all we have left of a person or a time.” In creating these astoundingly detailed paper cut letters she focuses on the text, structure, and emotion that each conveys to explore their inner properties of writing and expression. In her recreation of each letter there is “an extended concentration on peoples’ inner lives and the ways they express their thoughts through writing.”

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Predictions by Helen Friel

Strictlypaper - Helen Friel - Chris Turner - Predictions - The Art of Hepatomancy 1

Helen Friel is a freelance Paper Engineer and Illustrator, living and working in London. In 2009 Helen graduated from Central Saint Martin’s with a First in BA Graphic Design. Her work has been featured in Papercraft, Papercraft 2, Grafik, Design*Sponge Online and Aesthetica Magazine.

Predictions is a series of images exploring the art of hepatomancy – predicting the future by studying animal entrails – first practiced by the Babylonians over 4000 years ago. A personal project in collaboration with photographer Chris Turner. Continue reading

Paper-Cut Silhouettes of our Favorite Pop Culture Characters by Olly Moss

Strictlypaper Olly Moss Papercuts at Gallery 1988 Melrose

Threadless artist Olly Moss creates incredible and witty paper-cut silhouettes of his favorite pop culture characters, from Mary Poppins to Darth Vader. All paper-cuts were featured in a solo exhibition at Gallery 1988 in Melrose from May 7 to May 20, 2011. Olly was working on the paper-cuts for 6 month and the sheer number of cuts is just impressive. Threadless threw together a really nice video that captures the folks’ reactions at the opening night event. Enjoy! Continue reading