Paper has NO limitations.... Research. 31/01/11

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We all use paper, card, canvas to paint, draw onto, but artists are quickly devising stunning methods of making art out of paper. Origami has always been a traditional method, the folding of paper...

Examples of origami........

Not only Richard Sweeney creates beautiful sculptures but I've come across a bunch of paper engineers....
Firstly....

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Colour, especially the rainbow prism colour scale is involved in her work.

Shapes which are very angular and precise.

However there is a fun element to her work and the word 'SURPRISE' always spring to mind seen as they appear to 'jumping' out of open books and cracks in the wall.

Jen Stark uses a mixed media of foam and paper. She alternates her method of cutting the paper, sometimes she handcuts it or other times she uses a laser cutter for precision and efficiency. Her work inspires from sliced anatomy and microscopy to form abstract pieces. 

It's too say the least that her work is somewhat, mesmerising....

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Love is illustrated via using the deep red colour.

He uses a lot of birds, flowers and flowing lines in his works.

Rob Ryan's work is delicate, not only as a subject but contextually, he explores the themes of love and loneliness and his method of working really reflects on these themes. So much attention has been made to the detail. Writing a sentence from a poem to go along with the picture to illustrate the shortest story. 

His work normally consists of two contrasting colours.

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This illustrator truly inspires me, every element about her work whether it be colour, the shapes, the way she works the material, I love. I find typography rather dull, but her work really makes type exciting and some  unique. Intricacy plays a part in her work as she forms each letter, shape with a tightly rolled cartridge paper or a traditional method called quilling.

Definately, one of my inspirations.

“Typography is my second love, after paper and I’m really happy that I’ve found a way of combining the two. Having said that, I don’t want to exclude non-typobased designs, I’d like to work on different projects.”  - (Computer Arts projects issue 133, p87