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above: cut paper Ram mask designed for Hermes.

Meet Nikki Salk and Amy Flurry. Nikki is an artist and fashion blogger, Amy is a freelance writer, editor and stylist. In January, 2010 the two women founded the Paper-Cut-Project, a company that conceives art direction and highly crafted installations in paper for window installations, runway, catalog and advertising campaigns.



Flurry and Salk describe their custom made paper art installations as "fueled by a love of fashion and an appreciation of the grace and nuance of this humble material"

They have designed installations and window displays for chic stores like Jeffrey New York and Atlanta and an exclusive collection of animals for Hermes.


Owl (for Hermes):

Bear (for Hermes):

Horse 1 (for Hermes):

Horse 2 (for Hermes):

Horse 3 (for Hermes):

Lion (for Hermes):

Cockatiel (for Hermes):


The above masks were designed exclusively for French luxury boutique Hermes, while the masks below are part of their Animalia series.

Owl:

Cockatiel:

Lion:

Hare:


The Paper Cut Project
Nikki Salk's fashion blog
Amy Flurry's website

I spotted these 3 dimensional photographic paper portrait heads and sculptures by artist Bert Simons over at Bored Panda, so I dove a little deeper and found some more on the artist's web site.

Using multiple points on a model's face and head, Bert inputs the data into the computer and uses Blender, an open source 3D program to construct a three dimensional model of the head. He then flattens the image to 2D pieces and prints them out on paper stock, only to rebuild them as a purposely piecemeal modeled head.


The making of Harry Hamelink (2007):





In addition to some self-portraits, he has created versions of other men and women, an anatomical head and a three step head which represents vegetative growth.

Self-portraits, 2006:



Rozemarijn Lucassen, 2007:



Mr. Ivo Opstelten, 2008:



the mask as seen on a human:


Cardboard Cutie, 2006:

the making of Cardboard Cutie:




Anatomical head, 2005:



Vegetarius (just add water), 2003:



all images courtesy of the artist.

All images from Sandy's Creations

Bonjour my friends! I am very excited today, I just received my new banner for my blog from Sandy at Sandy's Creations :)

She is amazing! Check out her fabulous blog here. And her Etsy shop for banners here. She also has another Etsy shop Distressrelief with the most fabulous creations! I'm in love. Every single image is hers and showcases her amazing talent! I am in awe of such creativity. Even if your not on the market for a banner her blog is so fun!

This fabulous little beauty is for sale on Sandy's Etsy store Distressrelief

Yipee! I have been wanting to update and refresh my page as well as get moving on my E~boutique. However, I have been stumped as to what feeling I wanted, I had a vision in my mind but after shopping around different graphic artists and web designers, I just couldn't find anything that appealed to me.

Well, last night, by accident, I found this incredible artist on Etsy. I immediately fell in love with her banners and just took a leap and purchased a custom banner. I swear in one day (was it even a whole day?)she had designed exactly what I've been searching for all of this time! I am beyond happy! You know when you picture something in your head and nothing will do until you find that exact idea?

I hope you all like the banner as much as I do and I just wanted to give out a huge Thank you to Sandy! I have never had better customer service or satisfaction.

xoxo

~Judith~

Bonjour All! I just found this darling website called Legacy Pride Paper dolls This site was TOO much fun for me! I wish they had a decorate your room website too! It was fun you could go down the long list of paper dolls and then you could dress then in the cute and well designed clothing! I love it. I felt like a little girl again!


The artist is Donald Hendricks and he is fabulous! The above picture is of his portrayal of "Lady Scandalous" Based on the Grace Elliot biography "My Lady Scandalous" by Jo Manning, which by the way is a fantastic read. I couldn't put it down.
This little lovely is every body's favorite, Josephine Bonaparte. Her clothing options are so lovely. Cute, cute, cute!

And of course, the infamous Madame Du Barry. I was a little sad that Marie Antoinette was missing from the mix, how fun would that be? Tres Jolie!! I had fun. Sorry for the short post today, it's been a looong day. Running around after my little one (he's just starting to walk!) and just having one of those days, I promise tomorrow will be a great post! Talk to you soon & Thank you for all of the lovely comments & incredible blog world support. I feel truly welcome & I appreciate all of you! Thanks for reading! Until tomorrow!

Bisou Mon Amis!