Experimentation

To inspire myself i have been looking into nature and the way in which patterns and shapes form without being tampered with. A strong example of this is in the way in that sand flows through the strength of the wind...

After looking into this i then started with an A4 sheet of paper and began scoring into it with cutting all the way through. This enabled me to create drastic curves to resemble the dunes. Here is a couple of examples that i created...

As i was looking for more inspiration i came across sound waves which like the images above create loverly flowers patterns...

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after seeing this it gave me the idea to have ago myself and these were a couple of my outcomes... 

Workshop Two

The next task that Richard Sweeney set us consisted of a large A1 sheet of paper that had been cut vertically, then in this we had to make a 15mm border around the edge and within cut 10mm slots going horizontally across. We then had to manipulate this is any way that we wished, here are some of my results...

Once i knew i could create a large spiral effect i then set my self the task of re creating this in a smaller scale, personally i believe the outcome was quite a success.

A close up view really creates a nice abstract effect. 

Peter Callesen... Inspiration

Peter Callesens work immediatly caught my eye. The obsessive amount of detail he has gone into to create these pieces of work is incredible. The work below has all been crafted out of A4 paper...

” It is probably the most common and consumed media used for carrying information today. This is why we rarely notice the actual materiality of the A4 paper. By taking away all the information and starting from scratch using the blank white A4 paper sheet for my creations, I feel I have found a material that we are all able to relate to, and at the same time the A4 paper sheet is neutral and open to fill with different meaning. The thin white paper gives the paper sculptures a frailty that underlines the tragic and romantic theme of my works.” 

Here are some more of Peter Callesen work, however these are large framed paper cutouts...

I especially enjoy his work due to the fact that many of these pieces have a comical aspect to them.

Workshop One

After observing work that Richard Sweeney had created, it gave me ideas and inspiration to crack on and explore this myself. Individually we were then given A5 sheets of paper and was asked to create 3D sculptures simply using a ruler and a scalpel.
Like any new project the beginning is always the hardest to get going, so i began creating small simple ideas, and here are some examples of what i was able to do.... 

Towards the end i was able to create neater and sharper edges giving it an over all cleaner finish. 
Once i was confident with these simple ideas i then progressed and began to create more abstract pieces, such as... 

Although at the time i wasn't trying to achieve a specific shape or design, here it appears i have created what could resemble a shovel or a basket, depending on the view point.

Richard Sweeney... Inspiration

In our first workshop we were introduced to a paper craftsman named Richard Sweeney. He has managed to create unique pieces of work that are very aesthetically pleasing to the eye. The way in which he has gone about this is by simply utilising paper in which you cannot imagine. Here are a few examples of some of his work....