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For the children of impoverished nations, something as simple as a soccer ball can
help provide much needed relief from the harsh realities of life.

With that in mind, Unplug Design set out to craft a number of precisely-scored aid boxes
that, once emptied of their valuable contents, can be easily converted into several
different-sized game-ready balls.


[dudecraft.] + [tdw.]

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LA-based artist Chris Natrop created these stunning hand-cut paper pieces and installation. Truly great.

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[sweet-station.]

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After finding this straw wrapper rose adorning her drink at a local
Thai restaurant, Jessica searched high and low for an online tutorial
to no avail. Finally, a commenter on her blog came forward with a
step-by-step guide for turning crepe paper into mini-roses.


[craft.]

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Manchester-based mixed media artist James Roper spent three years folding
approx. 10,000 origami flowers (10 a day, every day) for an installation
called “Devotion.”


[craft.]

This is really amazing stuff. I'm blown away by the craftsmanship of the cut paper and intricate pieces, but for some reason (I'm not sure if it's the aesthetic style or the sentiment) I'm really drawn to the lunch bag stuff, as well.

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N-a-m Collective -- curated by Michael Paul Young


[buamai.] + [fubiz.]

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created by Carlo Giovani ; Paper animals made for The New York Times' Week in review.

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+ bonus

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'Elefante'

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[designswan.]

Paper
 

Love the artwork, must have stable hands. It reminds me when I was a child, cutting out paper dolls and animals.

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toro-cardboard installation, created by Boris Hoppek (Spain)

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Katsumi Hayakawa
Switch, 2010
paper on paper
30 x 21cm (Framed 33 x 25cm)

"Freedom Gundam" - 4 foot Papercraft

The making of a 500-part, 4-foot-tall ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam paper model.


[gizmodowatch.] + [vimeo.]

Art for a Dollar - The Art of Scott Campbell

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Critically acclaimed tattoo artist, Scott Campbell, recently showed his work at the
O.H.W.O.W. gallery in Miami, FL. The highlight of the evening was a series of laser-cut
etchings, each on a stack of $1 bills. The collection is entitled “Make It Rain” and shows
a sampling of the artist’s dark and beautiful undertones.


[picm.]

Project: Paper-Clone [DIY]

intro
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Jeff Nishinaka, an artist based in Los Angeles, exhibits his created works in the medium of paper.

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[vectroave.]

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If Paper Towels Could Talk ; art installation by illustrator Marc Johns.

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Paperless bags and boxes from MoMA

The packaging in all MoMA’s retail shops is made out of a revolutionary sustainable material called TerraSkin™ made by Design & Source Productions in New York.

TerraSkin™ is made from a combination of large amounts of mineral powder (>75%) with a small quantity (<25%) of non-toxic resin to create an environmentally friendly paper. TerraSkin(TM) has very similar characteristics to traditional paper with a tensile and tearing strength ratio of 1:1 - 2:1. It also has many eco-friendly characteristics. First, the production of TerraSkin(TM) requires no water, so the TerraSkin(TM) paper making process incurs no water pollutants. Second, as TerraSkin(TM) contains high proportions of inorganic mineral powder, when the end user is done with the TerraSkin(TM) product, the used paper will degrade when left out in nature for approximately three to nine months back into the mineral powder.

Most importantly, in producing TerraSkin(TM) , there are no trees involved. The paper is treeless.

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papercraft synthesizer creations by Dan McPharlin

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[STYLO.] + [STYLO.]

Life-sized papercraft models inspired by the iconic sibling superhero duo of Super Mario & Luigi (SSB-version).
Actual size to the Mario model installation is an even 40 cm tall, while the counterpart Luigi is 50 cm tall.

Artwork by Dan Hilse. Initial instructional credit to Ignatius (of the nintendopapercraft forums).


[The MK.]

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“Out of the Box” by Jurjen Semeijn — popular sneakers recreated using
the cardboard boxes they came out of.

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Artist Nick Georgiou has found a way of breathing new life into old newspapers.
Nick’s art is inspired by the death of the printed world, economic crisis, and
political and environmental uncertainty.


[buzzfeed.]

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Ozaka -fotolog- - 2010-08-23

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Clichés (because it's Wednesday)

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Calvin and Hobbes pop up by ~WillziakDS on deviantART

author's comments:
This is a pop up scene based on Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Waterson.
I was not really sure what to base my next pop up on, and when I reading some C&H, I realized there were so many great scenes to recreate in pop up form. I really like the stuff with the duplicator and transmogrification boxes, so I settled on this simple and charming little moment from the books.

The scene is set in Calvin's bedroom, but I left it at three figures and the rug because its clean and simple and the rug acts as a kind of spotlight on the scene. I think I'll need to do some more of these sometime because they are great fun to draw.

I'm spellbound. This type of art is so intricate and tedious it makes want to just stare and the longer I stare many of the pieces become more and more beautiful to me. This artwork has a great deal of WOW. I love it!

I too am in awe of what you presented here and it was akin to walking a museum. Thank you for sharing this! I love learning of new things or refreshing old ideas.

How Awesome~ How fabulously magnificent.... in an awesomely splendiferous way.

I love paper.

*I didn't want to just say, "Oh, how pretty!" :D

Great thread little tippler.
I've come across Lucia David's work before and it fits my aesthetic sense more than the crisply folded and clean works; I love worn paper, things that you can tell a human hand has worked them. Thanks also to Jetee, Koshi's Manga farms are great as is the video of Blackwell.

If you don't know her work yet, you might check out what would be considered the source to many of today's artists working in paper: Lotte Reiniger. I can't post links or images yet so I highly recommend doing a search to find her images and animations.

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Honbachi (Book Pots) from Tokyo Pistol.

Each planter kit comes with a plant, some soil, and an authentic hollowed-out book.


-- courtesy of boingboing

The Incredible Makeshift Floating Paper Boat
 

...

Even Captain Bligh did not have to suffer this. Cast adrift in an open boat, yes. Cast adrift in an open boat made of paper, no.

And all in the name of art.

To be fair to the German conceptual artist Frank Bolter, who has been making a name for himself in London this past week by floating his outsize origami on the Thames, I only had myself to blame.

Every schoolboy has spent hours trying to fold the perfect paper dart , a stiletto-nosed jet designed for speed or a lazy glider with broad wings for swooping and acrobatics.

Some of us moved on to boats, launching them in baths and basins or, occasionally. the local pond.

But yesterday my endeavours were on a different scale as I helped 40-year-old Frank to cart the three rolls of paper that would make his latest 18ft-long vessel from a hire van to the quayside in St Katherine Docks near Tower Bridge in London.

Together with a curious gaggle of other people, we rolled them out and watched him seal them together with a heat gun. We picked up loose ends and laboriously folded them as he stood on the dock armed with nothing more than a tiny scrap of paper with which he practised each fold before telling us what to do.

‘I have only done this eight times before and sometimes I forget,’ he said. ‘I have never let anyone else ride inside before.’

...

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Bill Mouland carries the paper to be turned into an origami boat by German artist Frank Bolter

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Artist Frank Bolter, left, tells his helpers how to construct the boat

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The last few folds are created before the origami vessel is ready for launch...but will it float?

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The boat is launched - we didn't say this was going to be graceful

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Captain Bill Mouland takes command of his paper flagship for his Thames voyage - a successful one


[DailyMail.]

Squeezing Water From a Box
 

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Boxed Water is Better, an upstart company based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is trying to
think inside the box to address the ecological concerns presented by the bottled-water industry.
The company seals carbon-filtered water in cartons like those you might find your milk or orange juice in.


[utne.]

Juice boxes, and how to make them yourselves...
 

[Food as Art]

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Star Wars Paper Snowflakes by Ethan, Mom & Dad

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Electric Guitar Paper Model Kit [with instructions, via purchase, on how to craft one of your very own]

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Lolly Chessie's Famous CP Christmas Trees - Crate Paper [instructional ; papercraft]

I am amazed at the beautiful works of art in this thread using paper. I especially like the honbachi (plant in a book) and I think I am going to give it a try. The thought of cutting into a book will be odd.

Algerbraic !
 

I'm glad to find you appreciate some of what I have come to offer, Nepenthes, if not also discovered a practical use for (well, not much papercraft is useful, but for much more than aesthetic, though even this can be soothing to the mind).

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Thank Goodness I have made it to remember to share this today.
For better timing purposes, just envision that I posted this 2-1/2 hours ago, or unless you live on the Pacific Coast, then the timing should be just right.

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What Time Is It? [dollar-marker ; paper-defacing]

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DIY Paper Guitar (Les Paul) Kit ... -- courtesy of Dude Craft

Strike an exciting note in home decor with this complex, do-it-yourself Paper Guitar project. Simplicity and complexity aren't mutually exclusive in this intriguing kit where perforated pieces transform, through patience and skill, into a detailed simulacrum of an actual guitar. Not merely an exercise in diligence, the Paper Guitar is an educational introduction to the components of a timeless musical instrument. Instructions and display hook included. Made in Japan.

*previously

【Bear hug】
 

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電話也好　寫信也好　都沒有任何價值　不能緊緊擁抱在一起就沒有意義

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折り紙 / おりがみ / Origami / by Ryo Mukae