That’s right. May is almost over and I’m just now getting around to rounding up what caught my eye in April. Sometimes life is like that.
via: LittleGoldFoxDesigns
via: DanitDesign
via: birdmafia
via: Kate Kelly
via: Leslie Strock
Via: Atichart Pinrut
Via: Jennifer Ho
Via: Manuel Melo
Via: Jeanie Chong
Via: Alexis Gallo
Via: Kim Phillips
This last one feels like cheating since its not actually paper. It is, however, inspired by Chinese paper cutting and it is so beautiful I had to share it.
Via: Julia Perry
via: Andrea Kang
To all those who have made their way to my site from The Dainty Squid, Hi! It’s nice to meet you. Have a look around. Every monday I like to feature selected papercraft works from very talented artists, like Andrea Kang, featured above. Just click on any of the photos or links to see more work by each artist.
via: Jordan Michael Gray
via: Jessica Rae Gordon
Jessica Rae Gordon has a ton of really lovely papercraft illustrations, but I had to pick this one because after Kate McClafferty of 365 til 30 featured a post on Marfa, Texas during her inspiring road trip, I’ve been obsessed with the place and one day sleeping in a teepee at the awesome El Cosmico which is even featured in this piece.
Don’t forget to check out some of the past Monday Link Love posts for more papercraft goodness and have a lovely Monday!
via: Lobulo Design
I figured I would make today’s post a little early because I plan on sleeping in tomorrow. It’s been a long weekend, but a good one. I went to the graduation of some dear friends at Winthrop University, got sun burnt, and primed a campaign dresser. It was a nice one but the weekends are never long enough to finish everything I’d like. My laundry, for example. That awesome paper kitchen above is by Lobulo Design out of Barcelona and his portfolio is bursting at the seams with colorful, intricate paper illustrations (some NSFW though — read “paper vajayjay”). If you’ve got the privacy, it’s a real treat for the eyes.
via: Pattern Matters
Siang Ching of Pattern Matters makes these colorful calendars for each month. The website is awesome and features a .gif for every month on the homepage that is just beautiful. I am in awe of people who can master paper mechanics. I did my senior thesis in college on paper (big surprise) pop-up mechanics and I could feel my brain trying to explode sometimes trying to work out the mechanics of certain pop-up maneuvers.
via: Helen Friel
Helen Friel is a genius, pure and simple. She works out of London and her work is clean and beautiful. These pieces are based off of the art of “hepatomancy” which is the practice of attempting to predict the future by reading the entrails of animals. Kinda gross, but doesn’t it look great translated into paper?
Hello, Monday! I finally had a nice weekend. Seems like it’s been a while since I did. I found a campaign dresser on craigslist and spent most of the weekend scrubbing the hardware back to it’s original sparkling brass glory. I’m planning on painting it (but I haven’t decided what color yet) but I will post pictures of the transformation on here. I’m taking my rental car back today, and my dad found me another car to buy with the insurance money that’s actually a newer model than my old one, so I guess some positive things came out of the accident. So all in all, I’m in a great mood to kick off this week. For today’s links, I found this super cuter vintage trailer cut paper greeting card by Holler and Whistle. I love the color they used and the little bunting at the top.
and this adorable flying pig cut paper card by Starfly Creations.
and this cut paper dog portrait by Don Zalewski of the Etsy shop laznod.
This is kind of a quick post because I have a lot of stuff to get done before work today, but I hope you liked what I shared and I’ll see you next post.
Oh Monday, how do you always come so quickly? My weekend went past in a blink of an eye and now it’s back to work. I had such a hard time getting out of bed this morning and getting started for the day, so I apologize for the late posting. I’ve got some nice things to share with you today though, like these shadowbox paper illustrations by Helen Musselwhite. The little details like the house with little shutters that look like you could open and close them really make the piece for me.
I love being able to look at papercraft illustration and say to myself, “Wow, that’s paper.” But when it comes to paper sculptures like the one above by Calvin Nicholls, I find myself saying “Oh my God, that’s paper?!?!” Can you imagine how much time has to go into something like this? I’d like to see it in person to get a feel for how far it sticks out.
Last for today is this re-imagining of a cover of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair by Becca Charlier-Matthews. I have to say, I’ve never read this book but it’s on my list of books to read. All I know is that it has to do with meat-packing and it’s supposed to make you never want to eat meat again. Kudos to Becca for making even that subject matter look appetizing. That’s all I have for you today. I still feel like I need a kickstart to get going this week. Have you guys seen anything else worth noting recently?
