Tomoko Shioyasu

Introducing the gorgeous work of Japanese artist Tomoko Shioyasu. Yes, this is cut out. By hand. It took Tomoko six months to finish this large piece. Here work is currently on display at the JAPAN SOCIETY
333 E 47TH STREET, NEW YORK CITY, UNITED STATES in the Bye Bye Kitty!!! Between Heaven and Hell in Contemporary Japanese Art March 18 - June 12, 2011

PAPERFORM by BENJA

Artworks full of humor by the Australian based paper engineer Benja. He makes high-end pop-up books and crisp paper constructions. His creations are so full of shine and happiness that they make me brighten up and smile :)

NENDO

Much much love for the blown fabric designs of NENDO!

Nendo is a Japanese design label founded by Oki Sato. Except all the beautiful, stylish and full of light designs that he creates he also is the author of this witty friendly and fun light objects. They were shown for the first time in 2009 at the Tokyo Fiber `09 and created to test the possibilties of a  new especially developed material called "Smash". 'Smash' is a specialized long-fibre non-woven polyester that can be manipulated into different forms through hot press forming technology. Read more HERE.

Mia Pearlman

 

MiaPearlman is a native New Yorker and a huge fan of baseball. She creates gorgeous fragile cloud tempests. To cut out a sculpture like that from scratch to completion takes her only the unbelievable 3-4 days!!! For her creations she uses nothing special but a basic acid-free drawing paper that comes on a roll. After this roll is turned into an artwork she carries it in a large tube and builds the installation on site.

ERIKO HORIKI

Eriko Horiki creates amazing interior installations from WASHI paper with imppressive sizes for handmade paper artwork.  Her piece SUN is made out of a whole sheet with the size of 15x3 meter!!! It took 12 people two months to complete!!!

She creates her WASHI sheets in her studio in a collaboration with five craftsmen and her five design staff. They combine  the traditional and her original modern method to create 2700mmx2100mm whole pieces of paper!!!