Vera van Wolferen is a very talented artist and filmmaker from the Netherlands. She is also the creator of these beautiful paper lamps. As you can see, Vera has an amazing eye for detail and a great imagination. Aren’t these lamps beautiful and clever? I invite...
* Angie Garland is a graphic design student from Melbourne, Australia, currently living and studying in Copenhagen. Angie is super talented. I predict that she will have a successful career. Today I want to share this paper project that she did for her 3D illustration...
I love these printable products by Sky Goodies, a shop run by a talented team of designers based in Bombai, India. The director of the team is Misha Gurnanee Gudibanda. They design each item with lots of care and attention to detail. You can purchase and...
PaperMatrix is a wonderful blog run by Lene and Anna Schepper. They are based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Through PaperMatrix, Lene and Anna share their passion for the Danish tradition of woven paper ornaments. Here you can see some of the beautiful pieces that...
I love this clever project by Jonathan Shackleton, a Freelance Designer based in Leeds, UK. In 2012 Jonathan designed a campaign to promote Fedrigoni’s papers. Fedrigoni is a large manufacturer of fine papers in Italy. Here you see some beautiful samples...
Diana Beltran Herrera is a super talented artist born in Colombia. At only 27 years of age, she has a solid body of work with paper as her primary medium. Diana studied Design at the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University in Bogota, Colombia where she graduated in...
* Today I am excited to introduce you to Janaki Lele, an Indian born, Sydney based Paper Artist. An architect by training, Janaki traded in her architectural career for an adventurous one in paper art. Her work is usually a celebration of the world that we live in...
* Here is some study of flowers that I did for a book that I am illustrating for Chronicle Books. It is a novel for young readers. I will share more details later. My job is to design the cover and 17 vignettes for the chapter openers. I put lots of love into each of...
I have blogged about Gunjan Aylawadi before, but I am always looking forward to seeing her latest work. The first four pictures are from a large paper mosaic installation that was recently exhibited at the He Made She Made gallery, in Darlinghurst, Sydney....
“Watch the process of cording and weaving hanji (Korean handmade paper) by a master weaver, Na Seo Hwan. He is a 3rd-generation master who learned from his father, who learned from his grandfather. He has also developed a more effective and efficient way of...
* UPDATE: The winner of this giveaway is Goldie Goldbloom. Congratulations, Goldie! Artist Emmanuel Jose created Clipped Wings, a bird-themed deck of cards cut entirely by hand. The Clipped Wings deck is now available to order for $11 through his Kickstarter campaign....
* Maryse Dugois creates these amazing sculptural forms out of transparent tissue paper with no structure at all. Light plays an important role in these pieces. Seeing them in person must me a sublime experience. I am only staring at them via regular digital magic and...
* Cecilia Levy’s work is so beautiful. Each piece is subtle and full of special energy. Cecilia is multi-talented, she is not only a paper artist, but also a graphic designer, bookbinder and illustrator. In her Flickr profile she says: “I like being...
* Fideli Sundqvist , whose full name sounds like a poem: Agnes Cecilia Fideli Siri Charlotte Sundqvist, is a talented paper artist, illustrator and graphic designer born in Sweden. Today I am excited to share some of her work with you. So beautiful! To see more...
Hello! This is part of a commission that I am working on for Ebony, the magazine. It is a combination of a heart and a flower. Inside the piece goes a couple holding hands. The work as a whole is not finished yet, but I wanted to show you how I made the flower. Maybe...
* Nearly Normal is a creative production company based in central London. They produce animation and design work for some of the world’s best known brands and agencies. Today I want to share one of my favorite projects created by them: A fruit calendar made...
Directed by Johnny Kelly, with paper models by super talented Elin Svensson, The Seed is a two-minute animated voyage through nature’s life cycle, following the trials and tribulations of a humble apple seed. I invite you to watch this beautiful movie below....
* Aimee Baldwin is a self-taught artist who specializes in what she calls “vegan taxidermy”. She creates these beautiful sculptures of birds from crepe paper, wire and Styrofoam. But the artist creates not only birds. To see more of her work you can visit her...
* One of the exciting projects that I am working on this year is a group exhibition that will take place at the RAM (Racine Art Museum), in Wisconsin. The name of the show is: Once Upon a Time: Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Contemporary Art. I want to thank Lena Vigna,...
