paper | Daily Art Muse

Tag Archive: paper

li-chu wu’s paper jewels

Written on March 2, 2011 by Susan Lomuto in Featured, Paper

Paper has held my fascination as an art medium for most of my life. I still feel a child-like excitement when I find paper art that expresses beautiful gestures or capture a small detail of nature.

Grassland

Li-Chu Wu’s paper jewelry is a welcome addition to the growing list of paper art I have featured on DAM.

Mountain Landscape Brooch

Wu, who holds a Masters in Jewellery, Silversmithing and Related Products from Birmingham City University, creates movement by manipulating multiple layers of paper.

Floral

Landscape II

“The pieces function both as wearable pieces of body adornment and as sculptural objects off the body. The soft and subdued tones of colour that I choose give a quiet, calm and contemplative quality to the pieces.” Li-Chu Wu

4 Comments - Leave a comment!

hetty and norman metzger: geometric paper shapes

Written on September 9, 2010 by Susan Lomuto in Archives-Protected, Featured, Latest Posts, Paper

Moving from rural Pennsylvania to the coast of Florida was as beneficial for Hetty Metzger as changing her medium from acrylics and inks to paper.

[nonmember]This archived post is for Members Only. Click here to become a member or to get a one day pass. If you are a member, please login to view the post. [/nonmember] [private_archives] The self taught artist collaborates on woven and folded paper wall art with her husband Norman, who discovered his creativity after he retired from a career in human services. The couple construct and assemble elementary geometric shapes from paper, creating a strong sense of order through repetition of form and color.

Blues Fest, 23” x 23” x .25”
more than 600 constructed and assembled paper boxes

Autumn Dusk,
woven paper fringe, 107 constructed paper boxes (center section)

The pieces have great depth which the artists achieve through an exquisite use of color AND placing many tiny boxes inside of the larger boxes. Read descriptions for several of these on the Smithsonian Craft Show website to get a better sense of the process (place your cursor over each image on the SCS site to see the detailed information). Brilliant.

Pixology, detail, 22” x 36.25”
created from the construction and assembly of 4361 boxes

Fried Green Tomatoes, 23” x 23” x .25”

“Our current work is a collaboration of who we are, whom we’ve been with an ever-present eye to where we are going. We are pleased that the journey has enabled us to create art that has been appreciated by the public and recognized by our peers.”

[/private_archives]

0 Comments - Leave a comment!

damuse is back with ana wili highfield’s torn paper sculptures

Written on September 7, 2010 by Susan Lomuto in Archives-Protected, Featured, Latest Posts, Paper

I’m back and ready for the Fall season with much more to share, including new things on the horizon for Daily Art Muse, so keep a close watch on this page. This morning’s artist shows us that when we are driven to make, our creativity transforms even the most simple material.

[nonmember]This archived post is for Members Only. Click here to become a member or to get a one day pass. If you are a member, please login to view the post. [/nonmember] [private_archives]

Black Fronted Dotterel
6.3 x 7.9 x 3.5″
ink, water color, archival cotton paper, cotton thread, brass rod, timber block

One day when Ana-Wili Highfield was pregnant, she was struck with the urge to create something for her unborn daughter. A piece of cotton paper was nearby which she colored, tore into pieces, and fashioned into a sweet Fairy Wren. That was just the beginning for the Sydney based artist, who graduated from art school and worked as a scenic artist for Opera Australia before striking a chord with her paper sculptures. The video clip below is a charming glimpse of the artist in her studio. More images and a great article here.

Boobook
ink, water color, archival cotton paper, cotton thread, brass rod, timber plinth
27.6 x 31.5 x 13″

Brumby on a Block
ink, archival cotton paper, cotton thread, copper pipe, timber block
28.7 x 28.3 x 7.9″

The artist with her work

[/private_archives]

4 Comments - Leave a comment!

viviana santamarina: graphite and paper

Written on August 16, 2010 by Susan Lomuto in Archives-Protected, Featured, Latest Posts, Paper

Substituting pencils for crochet hooks allows Viviana Santamarina to leave traces of graphite as she crochets thin paper strips, adding one more interesting element to her collection of figurative sculptures.

[nonmember]This archived post is for Members Only. Click here to become a member or to get a one day pass. If you are a member, please login to view the post. [/nonmember] [private_archives]

One Stitch at a Time

Encircling The Void

Santamarina’s website is under construction and not fully functional but her blog has more than two dozen images of the sculptures.

Wandering

Once Upon A Time

Dress

I really appreciate the low-tech aspect of this work – we are often seduced by tools and techniques – Santamarina reminds us that humble tools and basic techniques are more than enough. [/private_archives]

2 Comments - Leave a comment!

danielle bodine’s paper covered baskets and news from damuse

Written on July 21, 2010 by Susan Lomuto in Archives-Protected, Featured, Fiber, Latest Posts, Paper, Recycled

Danielle Bodine uses traditional basket techniques and found objects to create the lush, paper covered basket forms seen here. Bodine, a textile artist for 30 years, casts paper on the baskets then adds texture by stitching, collaging and burning with a wood burning tool.

[nonmember]This archived post is for Members Only. Click here to become a member or to get a one day pass. If you are a member, please login to view the post. [/nonmember] [private_archives]

Schroon Lake Melody, 36″ x 7″ x 6″
Mulberry papers cast on basket, removed and reformed into instrument shape.
Painted, printed, and collaged with prints.
Cane, screws, waxed linen attached.

Song of Flight, 19″ x 5″ x 4″,
mulberry papers, Japanese clippers, waxed linen

Mio’s Song, 43″ x 7″ x 3 ”
cast mulberry papers on bamboo basket, plastic gas funnel, and coiled basket, metal clippers, tool, screws, waxed linen

Images from Jane Sauer Gallery. See more of Bodine’s baskets there.

Coming soon from daMuse

When I write about an artist I try to make sure there is a central location to send readers – a place where you can see the full body of work, learn more about the artist behind the art, discover where the work is being shown, get all the latest news…and more.

I came across an image of Bodine’s sculptural baskets during my daily research for DAM and knew immediately that I wanted to share her work, but I couldn’t find a website for the artist. A little digging came up with individual images on different sites and a few galleries showing small collections of the work, an article about her (beautiful) home and a reference to a workshop she taught.

In the end, the images of Bodine’s work on the Jane Sauer Gallery website were compelling enough for me to share with DAM readers (nice job Jane!), but I still wanted to know more, see more, learn more…and so do customers, collectors, galleries and prospective students.

I am getting ready to launch a new service to help artists develop a better web presence. If you are selling your art or are thinking of selling your art, a solid web identity is an important part of a good marketing strategy. Does this feel like an overwhelming, daunting task? Don’t worry – daMuse is here to help!

Whether you have a website that needs a makeover or are just beginning to think about a website design, watch this space for more information…coming soon.

[/private_archives]

8 Comments - Leave a comment!