Every day, paper is becoming more and more popular material for creativity, and not only because, as the famous saying goes, it will endure everything. The paper is relatively cheap, easily recyclable, and is very convenient for craftsmen because it is malleable and docile. So it turns out that paper art occupies one of the key places in terms of the number of publications on our website Kulturologia.ru. California artist Annie Vought is another representative of this love affair
You can make a work of art from a blank sheet of paper in three ways. First, do not touch it, but declare it the purest manifestation of art as such. Surely there will be a buyer who will purchase this for a couple of million dollars. Second, make origami. And thirdly, to make a three-dimensional installation out of it, the exhibition of which is now taking place at the Hirshorn Gallery of Modern Art in Washington
This article will not be entirely about art, but rather about the unusual materials that allow you to create this very art. After all, we have already written about the fact that someone makes cakes that look like sculptures … But we have never had such a picture to paint pictures with food. Meanwhile, a company called Luxirare has already started producing edible pencils
Usually, an artist or photographer, despite the abundance of different works, attracts attention with some specific project. In the case of Canadian Ginette Lapalme, this seems out of place, because everything she does - from painted sticks and pieces of wood and jewelry in the form of hearts to colorful comics and wonderful images - is equally worthy of attention
The cheerful R2D2 robot is one of the world's most famous movie characters. Therefore, it is not surprising that he pops up here and there in many areas that are not directly related to cinema. After all, there are hundreds of millions of Star Wars fans in the world. For example, there are some among the students of Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota
Ilona Vlasenko lives in Finland and makes dolls. Among her characters you can see anyone: a mermaid, a witch, a white rabbit … But one of the works of the craftswoman deserves special attention and admiration. This is the “Pension“At the Snail”. Let's visit the Snail?
In childhood, everyone knew how to cut various figures out of paper, sometimes even very unusual and interesting ones. But for some, this hobby remained in adulthood. Two of these people are united in the Ukrainian creative duo DreamPapercut, engaged in artistic paper carving
Paper is one of the greatest inventions of mankind, born in the East, and it was there that the first paper figurines appeared. Origa mi (from the Japanese word oru (to fold) and kami (paper) - "folded paper") is the ancient art of folding paper figures. Origami art has its roots in ancient China, where paper was discovered
Below we talk about the work of Sue Blackwell, who creates her works from books. Someone will probably find this blasphemous, such an attitude towards books. Therefore, the Japanese woman Hina Aoyama, who lives in France, takes a different path - she cuts not from books, but from plain paper. But how
As a rule, all the most unusual works of art are born completely by accident. I can't believe that a person can seriously think about making the same mini-sculptures from crayons. Most likely, the person was just having fun because of nothing to do, and suddenly noticed that something interesting was turning out … And off we go
Talented American artists, the spouses Allen and Patty Eckman (Allen and Patty Eckman), create miracles from plain paper, turning it into living images
An artist named Kiel Johnsson has probably the most unusual collection of cameras in the studio. Not only that here you can see almost the entire range of Polaroid cameras, starting with the very first model made in the distant 70s, Keel Johnson made all these cameras with his own hand from … the most ordinary cardboard
The gentlemen who came up with the expression "write letters in small handwriting" could not even think that someone could use this advice, and even turn their ability to "write small letters" into a very interesting project World's Smallest Postal Service. For example, the "World's Smallest Mail" was opened in her office by the American artist Lea Redmond, who lives in San Francisco. She creates and signs the smallest letters, postcards and parcels in the world, and they
Lately, there have been so many expensive and terribly substandard companies making T-shirt designs that I think it's better to buy a T-shirt and acrylic paints than spend money on a cheap fake. But on the distant foreign Internet, free from the ads of Vanga's prophecies and cartoons on Russian politicians, there are still sites offering inexpensive and high-quality T-shirts with original life-affirming inscriptions and drawings
They are not even toys. These are tiny toys crocheted from wool and endowed with human features. The hobby for knitting amigurumi toys is now at the peak of popularity in Japan, and since everything new, interesting and Japanese is immediately picked up by European countries, it is not surprising that the excitement around these kawaii knitted tadpoles has reached our state
It is difficult to imagine such a cake at a merry holiday, but there are many buyers. Gloomy, eerie, and often repulsive-looking culinary works of art by Annabelle de Wetten actually taste just fine, and the fact that the circle of clients of her unusual creativity is limited does not bother the craftswoman
Arab sheikhs will surely be delighted: finally, the world has come up with such a delicacy that is just "in size" for them. For example, the famous British publishing house Bloomsbury recently opened its boutique cafe in the elite Dubai Mall, which serves the world's only edible dessert made of pure gold, the Golden Phoenix Cupcake
Many of us probably have pre-digital artifacts at home: audio tapes, reels, vinyl records. Someone just keeps them, someone has already thrown them away or is going to do it. But Australian artist Scott Marr uses such outdated media in his work
Whatever the British artist Damien Hirst undertakes is profitable. He uses this, creating works, as if stamping them. His next project was a series of bass guitars Spun Guitar series. True, this project is rather not a commercial one, but a charitable one
A real girl must be able to cook delicious things. It doesn't matter what, it is important that the household likes it. I bet the "goodies" that the artist, who calls herself Mimi, prepares, are liked not only by her family members, but also by all other contemplators of her work
In a Russian folk tale, many different animals gather in a mitten lost by a man. And in a huge wooden shoe, created by a team of Japanese craftsmen Ogura Tansu Ten, not only many animals are placed, but also people, equipment, robots, jewelry, treats and much more
Amazing things can be created with paper, scissors and glue alone! This statement is very well illustrated by the work of Ana Serrano, who built a whole world out of cardboard, which she called Cartonlandia
Readers of the Kulturologiya.rf magazine are not yet familiar with the work of the sculptor and artist Scott Hove. Even though we have already written about his installations of cobwebs made of ropes and knots. But today a completely different side of this maestro will open to us: aggressive, predatory, toothy … Just like his unique toothy cakes, made especially for the show Your Deadly Desserts, which will be held at the Modern Eden Gallery in San Francisco
American Melanie Howard has long understood that all life is a theater, and a puppet theater. The worldview of the Doctor of Puppet Science is reflected in her creations - felt counterparts of real artists from the big stage. The craftswoman constantly sews glove dolls for adults. Her collection includes such celebrities as Lady Gaga, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Barack Obama and Prince William with his young wife
Embroidery is a whole world in which you can find everything: cities, people, roads, and a blade of grass, and a forest, every spikelet in the field … But first you need to weave the Universe with your own hands. This is what 69-year-old Heather Hams has been doing for the last 17 years, and as a result, she has an incredibly large collection of works that claims to be entered in the Guinness Book of Records. Athletes, musicians, scientists, pioneers; to the world on a thread - here is the embroidery
The art of creating miniatures (boats are especially popular) in empty bottles is a common thing, thousands and thousands of people around the world are engaged in it. But the Japanese artist Akinobu Izumi (Akinobu Izumi) went much further in this matter. He creates his miniatures not in ordinary, but in miniature bottles
When it comes to something made with your own hands, they usually remember embroidery, knitting, edible sculpture, traditional painting … But, as it turned out, you can even make a real space rocket with your own hands. The dream of all the boys has recently been fulfilled by a team of American enthusiasts: their homemade rocket went into space
The catchphrase claims that “paper will endure everything,” be it silly laws, graphomaniac poetry, or using it to meet physiological needs. Truly a versatile material! After all, you can even make cars out of paper! In any case, such a car Audi A7 was created by an American graphic designer of Ukrainian origin Taras Lesko
Natural history museums store exhibits that tell about the past of the Earth and its inhabitants: stones, minerals, skeletons, stuffed animals, collections of insects and plants. There is no place for jokes and fun: science is serious business. But not for Hine Mizushima, who created a parody "Museum of Unnatural History" from exhibits made with her own hands. No, Hine Mutsushima is not one of those malicious craftsmen who glue the jaws of a monkey to a human skull and excite
The Google Earth program and the Google Maps service are so popular among modern people that they began to live their own life, independent of the Internet and computers in general. For example, designer David Hanauer uses them to create patterns for the most authentic carpets in the "Worldwide Carpet" series
Life in a small town, far from the noisy bustle of the metropolis, calms and relaxes a person, gives him the opportunity to live a smooth and measured life, to be closer to nature. At least that's the opinion of artist Lisa Jordan, who lives in rural Minnesota with a family consisting of a spouse and four children, and a household in the form of a bulldog and several chickens. Enjoying the flow of life in the suburbs, the artist is happy to engage in handmade art, which
When reviewing the work of the "paper maestros", one is only amazed - how many wonderful works can be created using only this rather cheap and simple material. So, we've already seen the paper car and paper decorations, paper cakes and paper musicians. And two talented girls Nikki Salk and Amy Flurry from Atlanta create hair and hairstyles from paper. The result is real wigs
I wrote for a long time that in Prague, spring has come at all and pleases with bright colors and aromas (although allergies too =) Due to the abundance of flowering trees and bushes, my spring-flower collection is rapidly replenishing
There are rats in every city. The Japanese collective "Chim Pom" has figured out how to solve the problem with the tailed inhabitants of Tokyo streets. Why not turn the disagreeable animals into cute Pokémon Pikachu? In addition, they say that rats from the Japanese capital have superpowers: for example, no poison takes them anymore, and they are not particularly afraid of people
Why is it said that Dutch designers have the most memorable projects? Although what can we say - the Dutch are generally very creative people! And this is evidenced by a lot
The real challenge for the Royal Horticultural Society of Britain was a garden without a single real flower, plant or blade of grass, presented at the Chelsea Flower Show. James May, the host of the British TV show "Top Gear", sculpted it from plasticine
Among all sorts of delicious food, which will surely be prepared for the hostess's New Year's table, there will certainly be a place for a festive cake. It would be great if it was a masterpiece similar to those prepared by the Russian artist Zhanna Zubova, whose cream art we have already written about. And in Michigan live sisters Brand and Mary Mayer, who are also famous for their ability to create real sculptures from marzipan, biscuits and cream. Their sweet business is called Cakegirls, and orders come from himself
Every time, looking at the sculptural works of the Dutchman Ferry Staverman, you look at them in a new way and see what was previously hidden from your view. It is difficult to say what the artist imagined. It features whimsical jewelry, dresses, trees, cacti and even modern skyscrapers. Just a whole shake up for the imagination
Preparing to tell our readers about another talented author, be it a sculptor, artist or installation master, you think - really people still have something to surprise, shock and shock the public, given that we have already seen a lot of amazing works, the most real masterpieces. Moreover, when it comes to art such as paper art. But our next master, British artist and stylist Chrissie Macdonald, proves once again that they have not died out
Tim Witteveen is an artist who specializes in creating amazing terrariums. Made from simple light bulbs, his "green" works of art closely intertwine nostalgia and curiosity with a unique charm that is felt in the master's works