Paper Art
Paper art treats paper as more than just a surface to draw or paint on, cutting, folding, layering, and shaping it into the artwork itself. This section features paper based art on WooArts, from cut paper illustration to more sculptural, three dimensional paper pieces. The medium rewards precision and patience, since paper does not forgive mistakes the way paint can be painted over, and complex pieces can take careful, methodical work to complete. Explore this section to see how much can be done with a material most people only think of as something to write or print on.
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Jeff Nishinaka | Paper Art
Jeff Nishinaka is a paper sculptor based in Los Angeles who builds intricate, layered relief sculptures using little more than an X-Acto knife, tweezers, and glue. He has created more than 40 custom pieces for Jackie Chan and also teaches at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.
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Sena Runa | Paper Art
Sena Runa is a Turkish paper quilling artist born in Istanbul in 1983, who discovered the craft online in 2013 and left her career in human resources in 2015 to pursue it full time. Her vibrant, joyful designs, rolled and shaped from simple strips of colored paper, led to her first tutorial book, published in…
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Simon Schubert | Paper Art
Simon Schubert is a German artist born in Cologne in 1976, known for turning a single sheet of paper into intricate folded images of grand, empty interiors like ballrooms, staircases, and mirrored corridors. Trained at the Kunstakademie Dusseldorf, he uses no color or ink, relying only on folds and the natural light in the room…
