Kyoko Okubo’s small, gentle figures are meticulous crafted from washi, the traditional paper of Japan.
Her tiny ’symbolic self-portraits’ are simply beautiful. each still piece given a sense of time and of a greater story being told.
see much more here at mobilla gallery
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posted: May 3rd, 2009 |
by: tomagotchi |
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| tags: craft, deer, japan, kyoko okubo, paper, penguin, sloth, washi
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helen’s work takes me back to the days of simple pleasure- my childhood.
her fold-em-up-and-cut-em-out creations are all completely original and all delightful to behold.
and they echo the folky, romantic child-like experience of the world like picture story books and cartoons.
i am so deeply in love/awe with her work i could have put EVERY SINGLE ITEM [...]
posted: April 30th, 2009 |
by: lady worthington |
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| tags: art, artist, colour paper, cut out art, cut-outs, deer, folk art, fox, helen musselwhite, owls, paper, paper art
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It’s always lovely when two objects come together to create something up and beyond their initial forms.
mikel uribetxeberria, apart from having an amazing name, has photographed (photoshopped) a range of animals looking nonplussed in new surrounds such as deserted subways, hotel rooms and airport hallways.
the effect is simple. paradoxically, the locations appear more empty because [...]
posted: January 8th, 2009 |
by: tomagotchi |
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| tags: deer, fox, mikel uribetxeberria, photography, photoshop
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