Paper Lovers

“The artist is a receptacle for the emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web.” - said Picasso . So, here are emotions embodied into the paper - the coolest papercraft toys i’ve encountered online: Shin Tanaka Shin Tanaka is a graffiti artist, paper toy creator and designer from Fukuoka, Japan. His site features supercute papercraft toys - Spiky Baby series, T-Boy , Boxy and others. Some are available for download. Josh McKible Josh McKible ’s Paper Birds are adorable. He is a very successful ... Read Full Story

Here's another fascinating glue-less Earth globe papercraft from Canadian designer David Swart. Starting with the geometric form of a Pentagonal Hexecontahedron , David added slotted tabs in a way that makes each of the globe's faces heart shaped. A template of the globe is available here . Read Full Story

Based on Hayao Miyazaki's Oscar winning anime film, Spirited Away - Yubaba is the old witch/sorceress with an unnaturally ginormous head and the one who runs the bathhouse. Hat tip to reader Charles K. for providing the link. Spirited Away - Yubaba Papercraft Kaonashi Mask Papercraft [Related Posts] Totoro... Read Full Story

I have finally finished another papercraft design: a full size Kaonashi mask. Kaonashi (a.k.a. No Face) is a masked, cloaked spirit who feeds on the emotions of others in Hayao Miyazaki's 2001 animated film, Spirited Away. I tried to keep the joints and fold lines to a minimum which can make fitting the parts together tricky if you are not careful with the accuracy of your build. Template Info Read Full Story

I think we're close enough to the holidays now to get into the spirit (though there is no evidence remaining of the unexpected big snowfall we had last week in England), and the last editorial I'm featuring from British Vogue's Fantastic Fashion Fantasy issue is just the one to do it. British artist Su Blackwell created an enchanting Christmas fantasyland with her wonderful book-cut sculptures. See her stunningly exquisite paper dress installation after the editorial pics... Su Blackwell's While You Were Sleeping installation: There is a great interview with Su at My Love for You is a Stampede of Horses, with more examples of ... Read Full Story