Russian Born Artist Yulia Brodskaya's Paper Graphics

Russian born Yulia Brodskaya is a talented artist, graphic designer, typographer, and most impressively, paper sculptor. Her works are used in both commercial and personal applications and her paper graphics are precious 3D sculptures that incorporate all her talents into one art form. Take a look at some of them:











In light of my recent post about the popularity of Hedgehogs in design, I must share with you her hedgehog illustrations:




About the artist:


Yulia born in Russia where she started out as a fine artist producing contemporary office decoration artwork for Moscow based companies while studying for her first degree in Graphic Design. In 2004 she moved to London, earned her M.A. in Graphic Communication and since then has been busy with parallel careers as an illustrator and a freelance graphic designer.

Awards: 1st prize in the Russian Conceptual Packaging Design Competition; in recognition of typographic achievement she was elected a Member of the International Society of Typographic Designers (2006). Clients include Orange, RedBull, BBH, How2 T-shirts, International Organ Festival, ARMI, Touchnote cards and CUBE magazine.

She says "I'm constantly experimenting and evolving, always pushing my style in new directions: my greatest passion is to explore the ways of combining illustration and typography."

www.artyulia.com

A special thanks to Betsy Wills for pointing out Yulia's work to me!

Contact:e-mail: yulia@artyulia.com

If you like cut paper art, you cannot miss the amazing work of Peter Callesen and Helen Musslewhite

A Woman With A Way With Paper: Meet Artist Helen Musselwhite

Give Helen Musselwhite a pair of scissors and some colored paper and watch out.
The Uk artist and illustrator creates highly unique and intricate paper sculptures with themes from dogs, birds and woodland creatures to love, hearts and fantasy. She is inspired by nature and daily life to immortalize that around her in intricate paper art that would make great gifts for either children or adults.


Above: Daphne In The Woods

Above: Monkey Magic

Above: Romany Caravan

Above: Ginger Bird

Above: Green Dell , framed in white.

Above: Red Love, framed in white

Above: In the Winter Wood, framed in white


Her website showcases several galleries of this impressive art, in slightly different styles.
She also does custom work and most pieces are available framed in either white or black.







She also has an all white series I just love:




Helen works from her studio on the edge of Manchester as a freelance artist and illustrator and exhibits her work across the UK. Prices vary depending upon size and intricacy.

Shop for them here.

Or from her own online store, here.

Like cut paper art? the you'll love Peter Callesen's work, see that here

Setting That Hirshorn Exhibit Rumor Straight: The Beautiful Paper Art of Peter Callesen

In the past few weeks I've received an odd bogus e-mail about an exhibit at the Hirshorn and what multiple artists have done with one sheet of paper. And not just once. Today was the fourth time! So, clearly this is making the "e-mail rounds". But it's not true. Not a word of it.

I really feel the need to set this straight. There was never an exhibit of this type at the Hirshorn. And all that beautiful work is the art of one talented man, Denmark born Peter Callesen.

So, if you want to start spreading the word about his art, do so from here. And if you get that e-mail? Set the recipient straight.

A4 papercut Project By Peter Callesen.

About my paper works (in Peter's words):
"My paper works have lately been based around an exploration of the relationship between two and three dimensionality. I find this materialization of a flat piece of paper into a 3D form almost as a magic process - or maybe one could call it obvious magic, because the process is obvious and the figures still stick to their origin, without the possibility of escaping. In that sense there is also an aspect of something tragic in most of the cuts. Some of the small paper cuts relate to a universe of fairy tales and romanticism, as for instance "Impenetrable Castle" inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", in which a tin soldier falls in love with a paper ballerina, living in a paper castle. Other paper cuts are small dramas in which small figures are lost within and threatened by the huge powerful nature. Others again are turning the inside out, or letting the front and the back of the paper meet - dealing with impossibility, illusions, and reflections.

I find the A4 sheet of paper interesting to work with, because it probably still is the most common and consumed media and format for carrying information today, and in that sense it is something very loaded. This means that we rarely notice the actual materiality of the A4 paper. By removing all the information and starting from scratch using the blank white 80gsm A4 paper as a base for my creations, I feel that I have found a material which, on one hand, we all are able to relate to, and which on the other hand is non-loaded and neutral and therefore easier to fill with different meanings. The thin white paper also gives the paper sculptures a fragility which underlines the tragic and romantic theme of the works."


White Hand Acid free A4 115 gsm paper and glue

Little Erected Ruin, Acid free A4 115 gsm paper and glue

Little Erected Ruin (detail),2007


Half Way Through (detail),2006

On The Other Side, 2006 Acid free A4 115 gsm paper and glue

On The Other Side, 2006 Acid free A4 115 gsm paper and glue

On The Other Side (detail), 2006

Walking Snail,2006 Acid free A4 115 gsm paper and glue

The Short Distance Between Time and Shadow,2006 Acid free A4 115 gsm paper and glue

Cradle,2006 Acid free A4 115 gsm paper and glue

Cradle (detail),2006

Cradle (detail), 2006

Do Not Enter, 2006 Acid free A4 115 gsm paper and glue

Do Not Enter (detail), 2006

Tower of Babel, 2005 Acid free A4 80 gsm paper and glue

Down the River, 2005 Acid free A4 80 gsm paper and glue
Down the River (detail),2005

Wedding Dress Without Bride 2005 Acid free A4 80 gsm paper and glue

All in All, 2006 Acid free A4 115 gsm paper and glue

All in All (detail),2006

Angel,2006 Acid free A4 115 gsm paper and glue

Angel (detail),2006

Closet, 2006 Acid free A4 80 gsm paper and glue

Closet (detail), 2006

Dead Bird, 2006 Acid free A4 80 gsm paper and glue

Big wave moving towards a small castle made of sand, 2005 Acid free A4 80 gsm paper and glue

Distant Wish 2006 Acid-free A4 115 gsm paper and glue

Distant Wish (detail), 2006

Eismeer, 2006 Acid free A4 80 gsm paper and glue

Eismeer (detail), 2006

Hunting, 2005 Acid-free A4 80 gsm paper and glue

Hunting (detail), 2005

In the Beginning (Snake inside an egg),2005 Acid free A4 80 gsm paper and glue

In the Shadow of an Orchid,2005 Acid free A4 80 gsm paper and glue

In the Shadow of an Orchid (detail), 2005

Impenetrable Castle,2005

Impenetrable Castle (detail),2005

Looking back,2006 Acid free A4 115 gsm paper and glue

Man Made of Woman,2005 Acid-free A4 80 gsm paper and glue

Pandora's Box,2005 Acid free A4 80 gsm paper and glue

Snowballs,2005 Acid free A4 80 gsm paper and glue

Snowballs (detail),2005

Traces in Snow,2005 Acid-free A4 80 gsm paper and glue

Traces in Snow (detail),2005

Bridge Over Troubled Water,2005 Acid-free A4 80 gsm paper and glue

Butterflies Trying To Escape Their Shadow,2005 Acid-free A4 80 gsm paper and glue

artist info:
Peter Callesen

Ved Linden 4, 3. tv

DK-2300 København S

Denmark

This A4 (letter sized paper) project was but one. He has done many other larger and more intricate works that are amazing. This man deserves much credit- and sadly, that internet rumor is depriving him of it.

Go to his site to see this complete project and many more!