of paper and things

leidse verhalen, 2007 "for londoño paper is not the traditional support for texts, drawings or something else. the paper, on the contrary, comes to the foreground as an independent presence in itself...her forms are built up of words written in the air and drawings made in the air, consisting of paper only. this gives the work a remarkable duplicity." miriam londoño has developed an interesting papermaking technique whereby, using cotton and linen linters, she writes out sketches of script that become the paper itself. born in columbia and currently based in the hague, she has traveled extensively and studied papermaking techniques from masters of each locale. you can see more of her amazing work here . la noche oscura, 2007 three figures , 2004 solo exhibition , columbo americano, columbia, 2007

the extasie dreamy, playful and sometimes melancholy cut book sculptures by su blackwell . to learn more, visit her website . su also did a very cool paper art commerical for beringer wines, which you can view here .

atomic jellyfish bovey lee is a papercut artist with an extensive background in calligraphy and painting. she approaches her papercut work with elements of these disciplines, first illustrating the image and then using an exacto knife to cut the rice paper with strokes used in calligraphy. she is currently participating in the 2008 pittsburgh biennial , a contemporary art exhibition presenting a continuum of visual art disciplines. little crimes office tornado for more information, visit her website here .

dodo stand beautiful work in paper sculpting, folding and crumpling by polly verity - an artist based in edinburgh, scotland. stag mushroom crumple psyche for more information, visit her website or her flickr page .

i love the work of sarah mitchell of littlepaperbird - so delicate and fresh. she is an illustrator, bookmaker, printmaker, and folder and cutter of bits of books and paper. she also generally turns anything she touches into something beautiful. her blog chronicles her experiments with new bookbinding techniques and highlights the processes of her art. visit littlepaperbird or her flickr page to learn more.

solo exhibition, 2007, washi paper noriko yamaguchi is a japanese paper artist and sculptor - she obtained a master of fine arts in dyeing and weaving from tokyo national university of fine arts and music. suspended , group exhibition, 2006. washi paper suspended , group exhibition, 2006. washi paper

my friend jackie, of the wonderful blog peppermags , sent me a link to an apartment therapy article on a wallpaper pinhole project by heather smith jones and it's stunning! for over a year heather has been envisioning this project, and began last october. she's a pinhole artist (piercing paper with a needle, one hole at a time) and, fascinated with the history of wallpaper, had the brilliant idea to apply her art to the craft of creating wallpaper. from her website , a statement on her technique: "five years ago i began the pinhole technique as i was researching australian aboriginal art. i translated their use of painted dots by piercing tiny needle sized holes through paper to create pattern, text, and image. to me, this slow, repetitive process reflects constancy and yet the fleeting nature of time. combining the pinhole’s specificity with symbiotic ways of painting, i feel i can discover and reveal meaning. " to see more images of this and other projects, visit ...

san francisco installation artist paul hayes creates the most amazing overhead scenes. i've read that if you allow yourself time enough gazing up that his installations begin to move and swirl and you become a part of that kinetic energy his work suggests. here's how he describes his art... "part of what I'm doing is bringing a sterilized, processed, manmade product and returning it to the kind of arrangement that occurs naturally in biology, because these arrangements are often the most beautiful ones to me. lately i've been incorporating the suggestion of currents moving through the installation indicating force, motion and direction." (quote via paper forest ) these images are of a recent site-specific intallation for johansson projects . to view more images of this and other beautiful installations, go here .

detail of mobile composition ii japanese biologist and artist hideo iwasaki uses only a knife and his imagination to create amazing monochromatic pieces. no sketch. no mounting of the paper to a fixed surface. just an organic and inituitive process and the results are remarkable! iwasaki generally installs his pieces as mobiles or between panes of glass, as shown here. mobile composition ii , 2007. black paper. polymorphosis , 2004. black paper, acrylic, and mirror.

in the 2006 installation series sounds of silence , petra eichler (architect) and susanne kessler (artist) created "spaces in which silence becomes an experience in itself. the resulting atmosphere projects a stillness on the observer, both mentally and physically. the visitor leaves behind the layers of everyday noise and is led into an unusual situation brimming with poetry." made of white paper silhouettes, in sound1 a natural landscape evolved and the visitor was invited to become a part of the environment, walking in and among the scene as the light changed and stillness emerged. to see a short film of the experience, go here . beautiful!

typography + papercutting + shadows = wow! annie vought carefully cuts scripted text to create amazing typographic displays of words and shadows. to do, 2006 merry christmas detail, 2006

"inspired by architecture, natural geometry, and all that is mundane, richard sweeney takes a material-led approach to projects, working with the ethos of complex form-making through simple construction." his paper forms are so strikingly beautiful and have won him such awards as the new designers swarovski award in 2007. icosahedron ii floral coursage for boudicca's spring collection, paris fashion week you may browse more images of his beautiful work here and here .

the wonder forest - installation by japanese paper artist manabu hangai hangai's handmade papers include primarily seaweed, discarded paper scraps and natural findings such as petals and leaves. these pieces are appromiately 8.5' tall. and pretty.

yuken teruya crafts the loveliest little dioramas from paper shopping bags. born in japan and now living and working in new york, he combines the traditional asian art of paper cutting with bold statements on the disconnect between the natural environment and modern consumerism. here are a few of my favorites: christian dior le bon marche marc jacobs mcdonald's