Lyndie Dourthe: paper fantasy

Lyndie Dourthe is a French artist who is self-described as passionate about paper. She creates lovely jewelry to be worn as well as objets d'art. Her installations are intricate and naturalistic.

UK artist Tracey Bush

The Postman; from foreign envelopes

Tracey Bush, a UK artist whom I discovered via the Clerkenwell Green Association, makes these beautiful hand-cut delicate paper butterflies. These paper pieces become works of art in her hands. I find them quite inspiring. p.s. I'll be on a short blog break, returning in a couple of weeks.

Japanese Emporer

Eastern Alchymist

Céline Wright, French designer

Céline Wright creates handmade cocoon-like lamps of Japanese paper. They are delicate and strung along in interesting ways. All of her designs seem very nature-inspired.

Australian artist: Emma Van Leest

I believe this Australian artist, Emma Van Leest, has already made the rounds of the blog world, but I just discovered her on the ARC Art, Design and Craft Biennal 2007 site, and again on ullabenulla's blog.
I think she's just amazing! Her work certainly reminds me of the cut silhouette trend, but it's original, intricate and tells a story.

installation at Fed Square in Melbourne.

Paper artist: Jennifer Collier

Lately I've been enjoying looking at the works of a few paper artists that I've recently discovered. One of them is Jennifer Collier, a British artist who creates delicate sculptures out of found objects and discarded papers like music sheets and stamps. She has taken one kind of paper I'm particularly fond of, vintage maps, and transformed it. Maps appeal to me for an entirely different reason than they appeal to my husband- he likes them for the directional purposes (imagine that). I think I'm drawn to the colors, espeically the blues, and irregular shapes- the aesthetic rather than the useful properties- which is why I think they make beautiful shoes! Jennifer Collier also does commissioned works if you have your own paper and ideas. Lovely.

To see other paper artists who work on a much larger scale, you must take a look at Cartasia 2007, the Italian International Paper Festival, which holds installations in several cities. These large sculptures are by Richard Sweeney and Isole Danzanti.