View allAll Photos Tagged Paper
Author: Komatsu Hideo
I´m very happy with how this one turned out, especialy the tail.
Here you can see everything that´s to like about this model, the tail, the ears, the snout, the main body, I love it all. This combined with the nice paper makes a fine model.
This is the second version of my homemade paper, which has been much more successful since I changed the process. Originally I was using a wooden frame with an old t-shirt pulled taught and stapled around the edges, which I then tried my best to dip into my fiber and water mix in order to get an even spread. The first tries came out very thick, uneven and holey, but the main problem came when trying to remove them from their cloth backing as they would stick and come to pieces. The first thing I did to try to combat this was to paint a layer of glue on the outer surface in order to keep everything together once it dried, however, the problem then became the glue sticking to the frame and destroying the cloth in the patches that allowed it to seep through.
The pieces pictured are made using a simpler, although longer process, in which I just applied the wet fibers to a sheet of acetate and then spread them using a paintbrush. Using this technique I can hold the sheet up to the light in order to find any holes, the thickness of the paper in now down to around 3-5mm and is much more uniform, and best of all I can easily peel off the acetate backing once the paper is dry, or leave it on to provide extra rigidity during transport or while applying ink etc.
The paper remains very fragile, but I see this as simply a characteristic of these particular materials and this process, rather than being something negative. In fact, there is a certain preciousness to its obvious impermanence.
What is most interesting about this paper is something not evident through simple visual examination, and that is it is made entirely from horse manure. I had been thinking about the photographic process while experimenting with making my own cameras, and had in the past designed a 'natural' camera obscura using mud and other basic elements including a stone with a hole to serve as a lens. I had also searched the internet for evidence that natural 'cameras' might exist, but most of what I found were instances of unintentional camera obscuras in man-made architecture. I eventually came across a document titled “Natural Pinhole Cameras” by Frank Boring Fitzgerald in which he talks about finding rocks that are themselves pinhole cameras that have the paths of the sun's rays internally engraved in them – a naturally-formed solargraph.
So my investigation really began with my thoughts about natural forms of copying – mud imprints etc, which lead me to natural cameras, which has in turn led me to not a primitive photography, and not necessarily a minimalist one either, but as is often the case, I am looking for increased autonomy through acquiring new knowledge and skills, and the enjoyment that comes through such physical and mental exploration. I also see my work as an antidote to industrial and mass production processes.
It was during a long exposure with one of my pinhole cameras, that as I sat patiently in a field and looked down at the grass, I noticed the texture of some dried cow dung. In that moment, I realised that I didn't need to collect, cut and form a pulp from fresh grass, as there were animals who spent most of their waking lives doing so, which not only meant that a lot of the work was already being done for me, but also that the process and the materials had already proved themselves to be viable! So in a sense, I haven't made this paper, but I have given it a flatter, more uniform shape, while re-purposing it. (This is a recurring idea about how humans interact with the world)
I have collected a stash of elderberries for making an ink that could then be painted onto the paper, or applied with a stencil in a sort of screen-printing like way. With the first generation of paper I tried to make an anthotype using blackberries as pigment, but there seemed to be little change after a few days under bright sun, perhaps due to the density of the pigment.
I am also considering trying to sensitise the paper myself, either using the albumen method, or the saltprint method. Results will be posted.
Thanks to Don Juan and Cassy, because without their digestive efforts this paper wouldn't have been possible.
Graphic project by Sottsass Associati - Christoph Radl
Special edition of Philippe Stark cookware.
Ed. 5000
Created by Mandy Duncan of Curl Paper Artistry.
Blogged: www.allthingspaper.net/2015/07/paper-millinery-by-curl-pa...
I went on playing with the Sepp's star and came to this star globe.
It's made of 30 paper strips, 2:5
For coloring I used special pens I bought at the local discount shop. They are called "Blo Pens" - no, I didn't forget the "w". These are ordinary felt pens, which you can put in a kind of blow pipe, to gain an effect close to airbrush.
Created for a paper Christmas ornament swap. The holly is an original design, The wreath is origami folding.
November 2015
Shot at the Oakland Museum of Modern Art. Props to the artist who handmade all those paper cranes (unfortunately I don't know his/her name).
The shadows weren't really part of the piece, but they looked awesome.
D80; Nikon 18-55mm
The fifth review is about the most praised paper - Origamido (R). read the full article in The Fold:
(OUSA site - www.origami-usa.org/thefold), or in www.happyfolding.com/
Recycled paper chandelier made for a Woodend Artists ACE funded event in Aug 08. The artist ran workshops with local youth groups to make the origami cubes. These were then grouped into colour and suspended by fishing wire from a central frame.
See www.jacquisymons.co.uk for further work.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City: The Aztec Metropolis in the Twenty-First Century, by Daniel Hernandez (2011, Scribner). Acquired 1 August, 2011; purchased at El Pendulo, Zona Rosa, Mexico City.
This one is setting up shop in the patio. Yes, it is upside down.
One egg is laid in each cell. As she adds more cells around the edge, eggs are deposited. Larvae in the center are older with the younger larvae further out. It is the cells at the rim of the nest which contain eggs. After eggs hatch, the queen feeds the young larvae. When larvae are ready to pupate, cells are covered with silk, forming little domes over the individual openings. Larvae pupate, emerging later as small, infertile females called "workers."
my dad made this ceramic creature as a present to vladik for publishing an article in physics review letters. the decoratins are figures from the paper.
Paper beads hand-rolled by me from a selection of vintage, recycled and found maps, envelopes and papers.
. . . that wouldn't make a bad name for a band: Japanese Paper Sleeve. This is the second one I have posted:
www.flickr.com/photos/spinning45rpm/4400315271/
As I've stated before, this kind of ephemera is sometimes what attracts the consumer as much (or more so) then the actual song, I mean, Nina and Federik have an interesting background:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_and_Frederick
. . . but Sucu Sucu is slightly on the ditty side, with the cringe-worthy assumption of a Caribbean accent (or whatever it is):
Ink and colored pencil of a piece of birch bark that I found on the sidewalk. I believe it's from a Paper birch tree.
At the observatory near the top of Taipei 101, they were having an exhibit of Chinese Paper Lantern art - some pieces moved and the lights changed, creating different colors and neat effects.