Bartek Elsner Gets Crafty With Cardboard.
A look at Berlin based art director/designer/artist Bartek Elsner’s series of paper and cardboard sculptures. (more…)
Leather Animals In A Paper Jungle For Hermès Window Installation.
For its 13th Carte Blanche, the Hermès store at Hong Kong International Airport is exhibiting a piece by French artists Zim and Zou,’The Eternal Jungle’, which is an invitation into the wild. (more…)
Chairs, Clothes and Objects Made Entirely Of Paper By Vincent Tomczyk.
Artist Vincent Tomczyk likes working with paper because, in his own words, “my art requires me to be part craftsman and part engineer.” His clothing, chairs and other objects crafted from various types of paper and foamcore are hard to discern from the originals because the likenesses are uncannily realistic. (more…)
The Positively Impressive Paper Sculpting Of Jeff Nishinaka.
Paper sculptor Jeff Nishinaka has been at it for 28 years – and it shows. His intricate white and color paper sculptures have been used by such brands as Coca Cola, Visa, Paramount Pictures and Bloomingdales’, to name a few. (more…)
Killer Piñatas In Aquatic Environments. Paper Sculptures From Under The Sea.
above: Rodolfo Moraga, Gabe as Yaws, 40″ x 60″ photograph, hand constructed shark piñata and environment
“The Role of Piñatas” is a contemporary photography installation by Rodolfo Moraga that mixes, sculpture, live dioramas, video, sound and photography. Most impressive are the five large-scale photographic images of custom constructed papier-maché pinatas in aquatic habitats. The titles of the pieces subtly reference everything from JAWS to underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau. (more…)
Retro 80’s Items Made Entirely Out of Cut Paper by Artists Zim and Zou.
I’m happy to have discovered paper artists Zim and Zou, aka Thibault Zimmermann and Lucie Thomas, thanks to an interview in Don’t Panic (more…)