Category Archives: Papercutting

A new kid on the block

Alphonse

This is Alphonse… Passion: radioactive chocolate.
Voici Alphonse… Passion : chocolat radioactif.

Like a 50's portrait

Like an old 1950′s portrait
À la façon d’un portrait des années 50

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Cats have a slinky in place of a spine!
Les chats ont un slinky à la place d’une colonne vertébrale!

I love these remakes / j’adore ces interprétations :
The girl with a pearl earring, Weeping Woman and The two Fridas and much more!

Party!

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My little creatures are ready for a party! I am quite sure they are dancing to “Love Shack“.

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Palais des congrès in Montreal, en route for a meeting…

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Palais des congrès, Montreal

The beautiful work of Dominique Fortin

Have a good weekend!

Beasts: deconstructed + August’s wallpaper

Beasts: deconstructed :: Bêtes déconstruites

Three new beasts for my bestiary, I hope I remember which part goes where when it’s time to glue things up!  **********   Trois nouvelles créatures pour mon bestiaire, j’espère me rappeler la bonne combinaison de pièces quand il sera temps de tout coller!

August's wallpaper :: Papier peint du mois d'août

August’s wallpaper ***** Papier peint du mois d’août
1440 x 900320 x 4801920 x 14401280 x 1024

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Have a good week!  ***** Bonne semaine!

Dan Cretu, Ryan Peltier

Bestiary: papercuttings (it all started with truffles)

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I can no longer throw away paper scraps for it might become a part of my bestiary. It is quite spare at the moment (the papercutting part of it), but more imaginary animals will soon join the family.

It all began with a creamy chocolate candy: I started making truffles to hand out to family and friends at Christmas about five years ago and that offering called for a nice wrapping…

La grenouille

Le party de petites créatures

The first papercuttings were very basic. I made leaves and other simple forms as you can see in the image above. It eventually evolved into more complex creatures but never as intricate as these incredibly detailed works. I think it would drive me crazy to cut to such precision and as impressed as I am with these beautiful pieces, I also like the simplicity of my little beasts. I don’t know if it is due to their chocolaty origins, but they all turned out with round bellies.

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Paper Works (PDF): contemporary artists and designers working with paper like Chris Natrop and Mariam Londoño.

Have a good weekend!