Paper Faces
Inspired by the paper faces of Eric Joisel I’ve had a go at making my own. I used cheep-o post office brown paper, which isn’t great for wet folding, but I’m pretty please with the results never-the-less.
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Tiger on Fire!
Henk from microdot.be, has got in touch about his “Paper Craft Stress Test” series. He’s graciously selected my Tiger model to test it’s strength against the most fearsome of classical Greek elements FIRE! As you can see, it didn’t do too well.
Boney Papercuts
Papercutting pictures is a relatively common technique, but one that I’d not tried before, here’s my attempts. This papercut is absed upon a medieval anatomical woodcut. This one is based upon a picture from Greys Anatomy.
Papercraft Bee (or Fly)
I blogged about Elsa Mora a few weeks back. I absolutely loved the papercraft bee she’s made, and I had to try something similar. My attempt isn’t as good, it actually looks more like a fly, but never the less I’m pretty pleased with it. I’ve mounted it on yellow…
Pop-up Castle in the Clouds
I wrote about Ingrid Siliakus a couple of weeks a go, and mentioned that her pop-ups had inspired me to try something similar. This is my interpretation of a castle in the clouds. The architecture of the castle was directly inspired by one of Ingrids pop-ups. This was fun to…
Jeff Rudell: His Career as a Papercrafter
This isn’t new, but I’ve never read it before, and maybe you haven’t either. Jeff Rudell is a paper sculptor in the US and regular contributor to CraftStylish.com, where he offers various papercraft projects. In his article “Depth Charge: How to Make a Splash and Get Paid for it“, he…
Paper Craft Artists
Recently I’ve been scratching my way around Google looking for some of the interesting things that people have been doing with paper. Here’s some that really caught my eye… Peter Callesen – Well known paper sculptor, his A4 papercuts are truly inspiring. Jen Stark – Jen plays with multicoloured paper…
Panda and Tiger at StandUpArt!
A few days a go I submitted my Panda and Tiger models to be distributed by Stand Up Art at LoveFest Parade in San Francisco. And now, I’ve just done a double-take at this picture on Nice Paper Toys. Brilliant! Thanks Stand Up Art! The site will be going live…
New Paper Toys: Endangered Species
These three little critters are available to download now. You too can have the Tiger, Panda, Polar Bear or all three, waving their banners of environmentalism on your desktop. Giving you a gentle reminder to think global, save energy and switch off your monitor/lamp/oscilloscope at the end of the day…