Frequencies: Paper Sculpture

[Frequencies is a semi-regular post series focusing on the random design/pop/pointless/happening trends I pick up on from time to time. This particular episode may have suffered slightly at the hands of my busy schedule...yet I think it's still fresh enough to be worth posting.]

There seems to be something inherently playful about paper sculpture. Maybe it's the ephemeral nature of the medium, or the lightness and lack of weight to a blank page. There's something about this unmarked, wide open medium that allows certain artists to expand beyond the page's edge, creating altogether new forms.

Peter Callesen

First up, we have Peter Callesen, whose meticulous cutting from single sheets results in often bittersweet visual puns:

Olivier Gondry

You may have seen this playful yet lovely commercial already. Olivier Gondry recreates the Beringer vineyards in paper:

Jen Stark

Finally, there's Jen Stark, who takes paper sculpture in a completely different direction. Breaking away from the all-white page, Jen uses color and abstract geometrics to transform her medium into something with rigid and almost weighty form:

Roll Your Own

If you're digging these, you can always try your hand at making your own paper sculptures. As a writer and graphic designer, I love the idea of using the paper itself to tell a story, rather than relying on marks on the page.