Monday, November 1, 2010

Fascinating Designs Using Paper

For my final blog of the week, I thought I would share something with you that I found while browsing the internet that I thought was fascinating:

This website depicts sculptures created from cutting designs into a single sheet of paper. These designs are so small that it is a wonder how one person was able to create such an intricate design using such little material. Each creation contains an immense amount of detail and has a large amount of depth. Some of the designs are very realistic, while others use more imagination and are more creative. The designer says that his works have been based around an exploration of the relationship between two and three dimensionality. He finds the materialization of a flat piece of paper into a 3 dimensional form almost a magic process.

Some of the small paper cuts relate to a universe of fairy tales and romanticism. An example of this is my personal favorite design; the castle. It is based on the fairy tale The Steadfast Tin Soldier, where the tin soldier falls in love with a paper ballerina, and they live in a paper castle. I like this design the best because it is the most romantic of his designs and it is also so detailed; it even has multiple tiers and individual windows.












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