Kirsten Hassenfeld creates installations chock-full of translucent jeweled sculptures. Using vellum, Hassenfeld cuts, folds, and glues these fragile gem-like crystals. At the center of some of the suspended structures, the artist places a large embellished illuminated element which makes the piece appear to be sprouting crystalline . . . → Read More: Paper jewels hanging from walls by Kirsten Hassenfeld  Berlin-based artist Bartek Elsner crafts unusual sculptures from the humble medium we know as cardboard. A polygonal raven ensconced on top of a tree branch. An ornate fireplace complete with the fire and logs. A machine gun. Nothing is too mundane, intricate or serious for the artist’s nimble hands. Unfortunately, Elsner’s website is still incomplete and . . . → Read More: Figurative cardboard sculptures by Bartek Elsner  Untitled (wadi) 2012 Ink and watercolor on hand-cut paper, 48 x 48 in Los Angeles based artist Sherin Guirguis has an exhibit, entitled Duwamah (or “rip current” in Arabic), now showing at the Frey Norris in San Francisco. Inspired by last year’s “Arab Spring” events, Guirguis’ work references the still evolving power struggle in the Middle . . . → Read More: “Duwamah” by Sherin Guirguis at the Frey Norris in San Francisco  "22 Footer" images of lips from fashion magazines cut and assembled with pins on a foam panel, 27 x 46 inches detail from "22 Footer" pieces used in "22 Footer" laid out in the studio Thank goodness lipstick comes in so many different shades! That thought must have been running through the mind of San Diego . . . → Read More: David Adey uses images of lips from fashion magazines to create pinned collages 
In “Post-it Structures,” the post-it notes appear to be spawning like fungus on a moist oak tree. Designed by Yo Shimada of Tato Architects, the installation was built from 30,000 post-it notes which form cells, then blocks, and then walls, running throughout the gallery. Last year “Post-it Structures” was on display at the Gallery Artzone in . . . → Read More: “Post-it Structures” by Yo Shimada 
Designer Frank Tjepkema, or Tjep, has created a line of jewelry, called “Clockwork Love Paper” that will light up even the coldest heart. Using paper and acrylic, Tjepkema carves out the mechanical parts of a clock and layers them to create fantastically complex and intricate hearts, or pendants. Recently, six timepieces, expressing different ‘heart moods’ such . . . → Read More: “Clockwork love paper” jewelry by Frank Tjepkema 
Canadian visual artist Kristi Malakoff creates large-scale installations of multiples that make my head swim. Animals, insects, and flowers. They swarm together to sing their song. Malakoff says, “When I was in art school, I was really interested in the idea of taking common, 2-D materials and expanding them into 3-D space. I worked with wallpaper, . . . → Read More: Kristi Malakoff creates large-scale installations of swarming animals and insects  'pedestal, 2011 40" x 18" x 18" hand-cut paper, wood, foamcore, light detailed view of 'pedestal' This is the latest work of American artist Jen Stark, known for constructing three-dimensional kaleidoscopes of bright colors. Taking pre-colored sheets, Stark hand-cuts each piece with an X-acto knife. She then layers the sheets to create a topographical-like landscape which . . . → Read More: Hand cut paper sculptures by Jen Stark 
Ever feel like not showing your face? Traveling incognito, but don’t want to don sunglasses? Try hiding behind one of these fashionable facades by designer Héctor Sos from the series “Paper Faces.” Check out . . . → Read More: “Paper Faces” by Héctor Sos 
Paper has got to be one of the most versatile mediums ever. You can make marks on it, dye it, cut shapes from it, and, as artist Peter Gentenaar shows, sculpt it into stunning complex forms. These images are from Gentenaar’s latest exhibition inside the Abbey church of Saint-Riquier in France. Allowing pulp to dry and . . . → Read More: Peter Gentenaar transforms paper into ethereal sculptural pieces |
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