Polish artist Yumekon has an adorable series of digital characters that look like they’re created using the ancient art of paper quilling, or rolling. The series shows big bulky policemen and beach bums with big, scrolled arms, a cycling woman with huge red hair flowing in the wind, and an alert pooch sitting with his friend. The style is playful and approachable, and makes us want to try the art of quilling ourselves. Via Behance:
We’re in awe of these spectacular ribbon creations, all artfully designed and created by Japanese duo Baku Maeda and Toru Yoshikawa. We’ve posted about Quilling before, which is a the art of rolling and twisting paper, but ribbon art is new to us. Indeed, the duo go by the moniker “Ribbonesia”, and take the simple medium to amazing new heights with their lifelike and richly details creations. The fox and deer are our favorite, but we’re enamored with the cacti garden as well. Fascinating and impressive work, Via Colossal:
“Just as a painter would use hundreds of brush strokes, ribbon forms can also be made from a variety of twists, bends and folds. They become paintings as much as they are sculptures.”
Quilling is the art of rolling and bending paper, and these larger than life pieces by Yulia Brodskaya are especially impressive. Full of lifelike details and vibrant color, the portraits are especially realistic until you get close, and see they’re made up of finely rolled paper. Really inspiring work.
It’s an insight into my creative process with practical tips on how to work with my methods in various ways of your own. Learn how to work with colors, the importance of testing compositions, which part of the image to start with, and when to consider it complete. I hope you will find the book inspirational and full of practical ideas for artists and paper art enthusiasts who want to advance their creative thinking, or simply get a better understanding and discover inspirations behind my paper artworks.
Using intricate folded and quilled paper, combined with a great lettering and graphic design sense, Alia Bright has created compelling and fun work.
Based in Portland, her style is driven by a love for typography, and a colorful exploration of play-on-words and clever slogans. Her use of dimension and depth add a unique sensibility. Via Colossal:
We love it when artists come together on a collaborative project, especially when it’s a series-type undertaking. The Paper Artists Collective is a group that explores the possibilities of paper as an art form, and their latest project takes on the alphabet, with each artist responsible for a different letter.
Artists from over ten countries took part, each with a different and fascinating take on their assigned letter. Take a look at the whole alphabet below, and you can follow the contest at #PACAlphabetChallenge. Via Design YouTrust:
Awesome cross-sections, via Colossal:
For her Tissue Series, artist Lisa Nilsson constructs anatomical cross sections of the human body using rolled pieces of Japanese mulberry paper, a technique known as quilling or paper filigree. Each piece takes several weeks to assemble and begins with an actual photograph of a lateral or mid-sagittal cross section to which she begins pinning small rolls of paper. Depending on its function she rolls the paper on almost anything small and cylindrical including pins, needles, dowels, and drill bits (she even attempted using some of her husband’s 8mm film editing equipment but to no avail). Lastly she even builds the wooden boxes containing the cross-sections by hand. A graduate of RISD, Nilsson now lives and works in Massachusetts and you can learn more about her process in this pair of interviews on All Things Paper and ArtSake.
I want to thank both Lisa and photographer John Polak for providing the imagery late last night for this post. I can say with confidence that these pieces are among the most incredible artworks I’ve had the opportunity of sharing with you here on Colossal. (via laughing squid, and also thnx sarah!)
