Let's get inspired by ideas for interesting crafts by looking at Benja Harney's paper sculptures. Paper sculptures different techniques Paper sculptures templates

Not many craftsmen are engaged in this type of creativity today. And very few have achieved success in this field.

Calvin Nicholas

The paper sculpture made by this unique artist is amazing and extremely realistic. In 1981, Calvin opened his own design studio in Toronto. And three years later he made his first experiment, trying to combine his love for wildlife and his craving for creativity. This is how paper sculpture was born.

Calvin Nicholas invented his own method of creating three-dimensional paintings, the subject of which were portraits of animals. First, he creates a rigid paper skeleton of the future object. Then the sculptor attaches small details to it: feathers, hairs, scales. Each piece is given a special texture using wooden and metal fixtures and tools. Nicholas achieves almost one hundred percent realism when depicting representatives of the animal world.

Paper sculpture by Piret Callesen

The whole world today knows the name of this artist. He creates his own paper sculptures using a combination of cutting and folding. Real masterpieces are obtained literally from a single A4 sheet.

These include incredible plot scenes and individual vivid images. His paintings contain a deep meaning, the fragility of the material carries romanticism, emphasizes the tragedy of the sculptures, shows how short-lived happiness is, how fragile human life is.

Wet paper sculptures

Spouses Allen and Patty Ekman have developed their own unique technique for creating real masterpieces from ordinary waste paper. The paper is deoxidized in a special way and turns into a homogeneous mass. A silicone mold is prepared in advance, into which the material is folded, compacted and then dried.

And here the craftsmen begin the most difficult stage of the work. Using a medical scalpel, the artists work out every smallest detail, every fold and hair, giving the sculpture amazing vitality and truthfulness.

It takes craftsmen more than a year to create one masterpiece. After all, first you need to fashion a sculpture from plasticine or clay. Then a silicone mold is made from it to cast the workpiece. And this is only the preparatory stage for work.

Of course, the most difficult thing is to remove everything unnecessary with precise movements. Even the smallest mistake in work can nullify all previous work, no matter how long and painstaking it may be.

Paper sculptures at home

Looking at the works of great masters, it seems that this is beyond the power of an ordinary person. However, it is possible to try to do something similar. Let it turn out not so highly artistically, not so masterfully, but from the heart.

So how to make a paper sculpture yourself?

• First you need to sculpt the figure you want to create from plasticine.
• The template is then covered with layers of silicone sealant. The total thickness of the mold must be at least 3 cm. The procedure is performed in two stages: the first layer must carefully fill all small recesses and crevices, after drying, the second layer directly creates the thickness of the future mold. Then you need to let the form dry thoroughly.
• After all this, the workpiece is carefully cut and the plasticine is removed.
• Now the paper pulp is prepared, with which the form is filled.
• After drying, the workpiece is removed and processed with a sharp scalpel.
• If necessary, paint or varnish is applied to the sculpture.

There are many recipes for creating paper pulp. The simplest one is that the paper is thoroughly soaked and crushed, squeezed out, a little sifted wood ash or gypsum is added to it and kneaded like dough.

From such a mass one can not only cast sculptures, but also sculpt them, as craftsmen do when working with clay and other materials.

Another Western hobby is paper sculptures.

(photo from etsy.com/shop/PaperwolfsShop)

They are used as home decor. Mostly hung on walls:

Placed on shelves and on the floor:

But their point is probably not to somehow decorate your home. The point is to do such a thing with your own hands. This is a kind of handicraft kit, working with which a person calms down, is distracted by something good, and then admires the results of his work.

The paper sculptures shown above are made by computer animator Wolfram Kampfmeier from Germany. He sits at home (because in his main profession he works remotely), invents and does.

He sells on Etsy (through his store etsy.com/shop/PaperwolfsShop, where 6,150 sales were recorded) and, perhaps, not only there. Everyone liked his sculptures so much and sales increased so much that he could no longer cope with orders (despite the fairly high price of a paper kit to create one figurine - on average 55-65 dollars). Then he founded the company and now full-time employees are engaged in the production and dispatch of orders. And the business ideologist was left with a lot of free time and the opportunity to create and come up with new models.

What is good about selling such a product is that it consists of several sheets of paper and can be sent by letter (even abroad). I looked at the international tariffs of Russian mail for sending such letters - they are not that expensive. Delivery of a letter weighing from 101 to 250 g by air costs 180 rubles (3 dollars).

But it’s even better to send your creativity abroad not by paper letter, but by electronic file. Then there is no need to waste time on forwarding, and the file will reach the client in a matter of seconds after payment.

Another computer scientist familiar with 3D model creation programs, Frenchman Stéphane Chesneau, has achieved similar results in selling similar models of similar paper figures:

(this and subsequent photos are from the page etsy.com/shop/OXYGAMI)

And although he sells them cheaper than their paper counterparts (from 11 to 16 dollars per figurine), he sells more (and he doesn’t have to bother with production, packaging and delivery at all). In less than a year, he has already sold more than 3,000 electronic copies (through his Etsy store - etsy.com/shop/OXYGAMI).

And, of course, such a number of sales were ensured by the originality of his models and the quality of the images:

And this despite the fact that there are only 15 models in his store:

But he sold each one several dozen (or even hundreds) times.

It’s interesting how the young man came up with the idea of ​​creating 3D models of paper figures. In the 7th grade of school, during a geometry lesson, they learned how to lay out a three-dimensional three-dimensional figure on paper, in the form of a flat pattern (we did not study this). The boy was so excited about this idea that he began to create similar paper patterns for future three-dimensional figures. Not everything worked out perfectly for him - because he did the calculations manually (no one had computers then).

Then he abandoned this idea. But he remembered already in adulthood, when insomnia began to overcome him. He remembered his childhood hobby and began creating patterns of 3D figures using a computer. He did them without errors!

At night, he drew his patterns using a computer, and then assembled the figures himself.

And then I decided to sell my designs on Etsy. Judging by the first review from one of his customers, he started selling in November 2016, that is, he sold 3,014 units in about 8 months, which is approximately 376 units per month, or approximately $3,000 in income per month.

It is not surprising that the young man decided to make his childhood hobby his main job. After all, there is nothing better than doing your favorite thing at home, at the computer, and, without making any special movements, receiving $3,000 into your account every month.

I want to emphasize in this regard that if you sell digital information (electronic files) on Etsy, then it does not matter to buyers what country you live in. The main thing is that using your files you can easily create the figurine that is presented on your sales page.

Another helpful thought is that your purpose touched your life as a child. Remember what fascinated you then. What were you passionate about? Maybe we should do this again, at a higher level? Then you won’t need to look for a business, you’ve already found it.

In Japan, paper art such as origami, kirigami and similar sculptures have long been traditional. How amazing and delightful are the beautiful paper crafts arranged in three-dimensional compositions.
Sometimes it can be very difficult, or even impossible, for a non-professional to repeat them even using diagrams and master classes. But if you really want to do something like that, you start looking for compromises. While searching, I came across the author of the paper sculpture, Benja Harney. Benja himself successfully applies his favorite hobby in the commercial sphere, advertising, and mass media, so this is not a hobby for him, but a job. I really liked the idea of ​​this creativity; making a figure this way, in my opinion, is much easier than folding it using the origami technique.

The method is really not that difficult to master. At the graphic design department, we made layouts in this way, while almost no attention was paid to the technology itself. You draw the model, then draw its layout with all sides, leaving bends for fastening and connecting the sides. Remember that we all glued together the same cube or parallelepiped from paper in geometry lessons at school.

In design, more complex figures are glued together in this way, such as building models and other three-dimensional compositions. Of course, in such work, three-dimensional vision is very useful, but you can start with simple forms, gluing them together.

By applying layer after layer of colored paper, the composition becomes multi-level, volume is created, and the figures acquire three-dimensionality.

Benja was fascinated by this process during his studies, still in the same graphic design department, and now very beautiful paper models come out of his hands. They are so interesting and neatly executed that you can’t call them anything other than paper sculpture.

Benja Harney's work is somewhere on the border between design and art.

His works are original and attract attention. Large brands and famous people are showing interest in them.

For example, Benja made paper wings for the Sydney showcase of the luxury brand Hermes.

For Kylie Minogue's Australian tour, they came up with a pop-up book for her album.

Paper sculptures by Li Hongbo aslan wrote in April 11th, 2016

The snow-white sculptures of the Chinese author Li Hongbo are unlikely to seem interesting and original to those who see them for the first time. Such plaster figurines are used in art schools, teaching beginners the basics of fine art. But they are not as simple as they seem.

The sculptor works not with plaster, but with white paper, and his paper sculptures from the Pure White Paper series can stretch and bend, like the bellows of an accordion.

The author keeps the main secret of his work a secret, but if you look closely at the sculptures, when they are stretched, bent and twisted, you will notice that they consist of thousands of thin white leaves, firmly connected to each other.

The artist's interest in paper began while working as an editor, but Lu Hongbo was truly inspired by honeycomb, a popular paper for creating children's toys or holiday decorations in China. Its amazing flexibility, stability and strength attracted the attention of the artist, and he began to use it as a material for his gutta-percha sculptures.

Li Hongbo uses a special "rubber" glue, which is usually used to make traditional Chinese soft paper toys. By the way, these toys inspired the sculptor to create the art project Pure White Paper.

The artist first glues several thousand sheets of paper together in a special way, after which he processes it like marble sculptors.

Children love to watch how a flat paper box suddenly stretches several meters, turning into a snake, dragon or caterpillar. Li Hongbo believes that adult people are no longer surprised by caterpillars, so they need something more serious. That’s why his sculptures are not flat boxes, but “full-size” sculptures, practically indistinguishable from ordinary sculptures.

But as soon as you pull such a sculpture by its protruding parts, it will begin to stretch, deforming in a funny way, but remaining a solid object. You can play with such an accordion endlessly, the sculpture will not deteriorate, except that the paper may not withstand active actions and at some point deteriorate.

The talented author's series of flexible paper sculptures includes busts and full-size figures of people, skulls and limbs, as well as imaginary creatures that defy classification.

And a short video about these amazing sculptures

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Many people are able to make an ordinary airplane out of paper. It is the simplest thing you can make and the simplest and easiest form of paper art. In a sense, it can even be called flying art. However, there are people who have taken it to the next level in . Unfortunately, there are not so many of them.

Such artists can transform the classic form of origami, combined with miniature cutting, folding, various shapes and paper cutting techniques, and quilling, into the most beautiful creative artwork you have ever seen.

After viewing this article, you will learn how these masters turn sheets of paper into masterpieces and transform ordinary paper cutting into real art. In addition, you will see all these works with your own eyes. The photo shows paper sculptures created by the best paper craftsmen in the whole world.

Jen Stark

Jen Stark is a contemporary artist. Most of her works are paper sculptures. She also draws and does animation. Jen draws inspiration for her work from microscopic patterns in nature, wormholes and tissue cross-sections (illustrations in anatomy books).

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Simon Schubert works and creates in Cologne, Germany. His works are paintings with architectural objects depicted on them. These are ordinary situations or objects. Simon Schubert uses white paper and mixed embossing techniques.

Emma Van List

Daniel Grein

Digital and Print Designer at the University of Applied Sciences, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany.

Elodole

Helen Musselwhite

Carlos N. Monila

Olafur Eliasson

This sculpture in the form of a woman's dress is made from pages of a telephone directory.

“I don't stick to tradition, but I strive to create a mixture of modern and traditional styles and create my own world with this super thin paper lace technique,” ​​says Aoyama.

Cher trained in sculpture at the University of Wolverhampton with a BFA in 3D Design. She passed her final exam at Covent Garden in 1992. Sher works with clay forms and paper.

Yulia Brodskaya was born in Moscow. Before moving to the UK in 2004, she was interested in a variety of creative techniques: fabric painting, origami, collage, as well as traditional art. In her works she often uses the technique quilling.