Being that Chris loves to work with paper, books, & cardboard lately, I gave him a book called, “Papercraft: Design and Art with Paper” for Christmas this year. It truly was a gift for him- I saw the look on his face when he saw this book in person & knew I had to get it for him. With that being said- I LOVE this book! I’ve been patient and made a point to not jump on it the minute he opened it up. However, I couldn’t wait anymore. I cracked the book open last night and barely scratched the surface. HOLY MOLY this book is just oooooozing with inspiration & amazing work! It really does have a wonderful variety of papercraft art represented as well. I thought I would give you a peak of some of the artists featured. Seriously, there is sooooo much more & I could go on for hours. But here is a start….
I’m sure I’ll be posting about new discoveries as I plow through this book. It’s about 250 pages with a dvd included! Oh joy… this will be a nice little break I think. I have to say, the piece called “Invisible Cities” by Helen Friel, was something that made me think a lot about this blog.
“She created the work based on a place described by Italo Calvino in his book ‘Invisible Cities’. Each time a new relationship is made, the inhabitants run colored string between buildings.”- Papercraft.
I love that concept and think it would be fun to imagine or realize color strings representing all of the relationships this blog has brought me. Just a thought for now. But it would be interesting to start a project like that being that it’s the beginning of 2011. So if you are reading this blog. Let your voice be heard- you may just become a piece of colored string…
8 Comments
Chantale
5 January 2011What an amazing gift and book! I stopped at the image of Helen Friel too.. I'm also blown away by the artwork by Dettmer. W o w. That would be awesome to see, your project inspired by Friel! You would have a house overwhelmed by strings.. connections of ppl you've made over the course of the year!
Chantale
5 January 2011What an amazing gift and book! I stopped at the image of Helen Friel too.. I'm also blown away by the artwork by Dettmer. W o w. That would be awesome to see, your project inspired by Friel! You would have a house overwhelmed by strings.. connections of ppl you've made over the course of the year!
ringmaster
5 January 2011just the cover alone is amazing!!! wow the tiny cut out letters on the hand and the clothing of maps!!!!! i would love to sit and check out this book
ringmaster
5 January 2011just the cover alone is amazing!!! wow the tiny cut out letters on the hand and the clothing of maps!!!!! i would love to sit and check out this book
Make mine Mid-Century
5 January 2011NO! Isn't it gorgeous. What people do with paper … giving old trees new life …
I just love how you inhale and devour creative books (just don't take to that one with a stanley knife!)
I was looking at a spider's web this morning and the strands making up the web amazed me … bit of a tangent, but somewhat analogous to strings linking people.
Make mine Mid-Century
5 January 2011NO! Isn't it gorgeous. What people do with paper … giving old trees new life …
I just love how you inhale and devour creative books (just don't take to that one with a stanley knife!)
I was looking at a spider's web this morning and the strands making up the web amazed me … bit of a tangent, but somewhat analogous to strings linking people.
KLT
6 January 2011@chantale- I know the Dettmer work is so amazing. I thought you would like this book. I think I will try some sort of project documenting the people I meet through this- homes + maps + strings or something (maybe a collaborative with hutch studio)… in my spare time. 🙂
@Heather- It's a great way to unwind. Pretty inspiring…
@Carmel- I can never get enough of books. They really inspire & get me all excited. Yes, inhale & devour is a good description. Spider webs are really amazing that way. I've photographed (just with my phone) a few – that I was really drawn to lately. I like the idea of a web being like strings to people. Wonderful visual!
KLT
6 January 2011@chantale- I know the Dettmer work is so amazing. I thought you would like this book. I think I will try some sort of project documenting the people I meet through this- homes + maps + strings or something (maybe a collaborative with hutch studio)… in my spare time. 🙂
@Heather- It's a great way to unwind. Pretty inspiring…
@Carmel- I can never get enough of books. They really inspire & get me all excited. Yes, inhale & devour is a good description. Spider webs are really amazing that way. I've photographed (just with my phone) a few – that I was really drawn to lately. I like the idea of a web being like strings to people. Wonderful visual!