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... Read Full Story

  Wikipedia defines paper as a thin material mainly used for writing upon, printing upon or packaging. But some people can use their amazing talents and imagination to come up magnificent! PaperKraft.net is a site which features prominent and up-and-coming paper modelers all over the world. The owner of this site is Ron Rementilla, an avid papercraft fanatic who has been collecting papercraft books and kits since he was a kid. His love for papercraft grew until he decided to make a... Read Full Story

My cousin introduced me to the Design Her Gals web site: “It’s like paper-dolls for grown-ups!,” she said. And she’s right … it’s so much fun! You can design your own little virtual ‘mini-me,’ (that’s my ‘virtual self’ above!) with different hairstyles, clothes, accessories, jewelry and more, and then send it as an e-card. You can also order stationery, note-cards, to-do lists, email avatars … even wedding invitations! My cousin uses the stationery to communicate with her theater students... Read Full Story

Clive Stevens spent his early childhood drawing on any surface he could lay his hands on. many of his sketches became working drawings for his early paper sculptures. He decided to moving to Canada after he left school to study Graphic Design and Illustration. Afterwards, he got his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at The University of Western Ontario before taking on a career that applied what he always wanted, to make stunning paper art! (more…) Read Full Story

Here's a great project that you can do with old scraps of colorful paper. Making these beads comes from Victorian times. The ladies back then would get together and sip tea and cut out triangles from old scraps of wallpaper and make beautiful colorful beads. They would string them and use the strings of paper beads in doorways to separate rooms. You can make the same beads and use them to make necklaces, bracelets or garlands. Here's how you do it. What you'll need: - scraps of magazine... Read Full Story