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Make a Nyan Cat Papercraft Machine!

By prawn1 Wednesday September 7, 2011

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Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya! No doubt you’ll recall the catchy tune that accompanied the 8-bit Nyan Cat as it flew through outer space and into our hearts.

At the height of its popularity, Nyan Cat inspired remixes, wallpapers, games, and homebrew mods that allowed you to replace the drab Windows progress bars with the jollier Nyan Cat. DeviantART user Philipp S even created a papercraft toy that replicated the movement of Nyan Cat. The result is smashing, see it in action after the jump.

Inception Re-Told in Vintage Paper Cutouts

By prawn1 Thursday March 17, 2011

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Inception Re-Told in Vintage Paper Cutouts

In the Done in 60 Seconds competition hosted by Jameson and Empire Magazine, entrants are tasked with remaking a movie within the confines of a minute. As his entry into the competition, artist Wolfgang Matzl chose to re-tell the dreamy story of Inception using a collection of 19th century-styled paper cutouts. Have a look at his fantastic stop-motion animation below.

[via The Daily What]

The Folded Art of Matt Shlian, Paper Engineer

By prawn1 Friday March 4, 2011

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The Folded Art of Matt Shlian, Paper Engineer

If you’re a fan of detailed papercraft, you may enjoy the works of Matt Shlian. This lecturer at the University of Michigan put his engineering skills to good use when he folds paper into wonderfully intricate works of art. Like computational architect Michael Hansmeyer, Shlian uses applications on the computer to create some of his shapes and then and does the fabrication process manually. He says this about his works:

Researchers see paper engineering as a metaphor for scientific principals; I see their inquiry as basis for artistic inspiration. In my studio I am a collaborator, explorer and inventor. I begin with a system of folding and at a particular moment the material takes over. Guided by wonder, my work is made because I cannot visualize its final realization; in this way I come to understanding through curiosity.

Check out some of his paper sculptures and a video of his creation process after the jump.

Wonderful Paper Artworks

By prawn1 Wednesday January 12, 2011

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There is paper craft and then there is paper art. Self-taught Korean artist Cheong-ah Hwang makes the most wonderfully intricate sculptures entirely out of paper, it’s quite unlike anything we’ve seen before. From her set of delicate hummingbirds to colourful scenes to paper versions of some popular super heroes, her creations are beautiful to behold. Have a look at some of her paper artworks after the cut.

Awesome Paper Artwork by People Too

By prawn1 Wednesday November 17, 2010

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Creative studio, People Too, from Novosibirsk, Russia certainly knows their way around a pair of scissors. The artistic duo, Alexei Lyapunov and Lena Ehrlich, create fanstastic and amazingly detailed papercraft sculptures from music-related pieces to plants and mafiosi. Hit the jump to see some of their papercraft designs.

Beautiful Papercraft Sculptures

By prawn1 Monday July 5, 2010

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British artist Richard Sweeney studied 3D design at university and graduated with a degree in awesomeness. Using a combination of hand-craft and CAD techniques, he takes takes papercraft to the next level with his most beautiful sculptural forms. Have a look at some of his “forms in paper” models after the jump.

Awesome Concertina Paper Structures

By prawn1 Tuesday May 18, 2010

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We really like the organic origami from maths professor Goran Konjevod. We’re also drawn to obscure names, and that brought our attention to the art of Elod Beregszasz or elodole as he is known on Flickr.

Elod is quite simply in love with paper. He loves to cut it / fold it / tear it / emboss it / sculpt it. He’s also single. After the jump we take an in-depth look at his cut and fold concertina paper sculptures, and by in-depth we mean nothing but photos. ;-)

Spectacular Organic Origami

By prawn1 Thursday May 6, 2010

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Goran Konjevod is a professor of mathematics and theoretical computer science. It’s a good thing that he also loves origami otherwise we’d have a tough time convincing you how awesome computer science is.

Channeling his keen mathemagical energy, Mr. Konjevod has made some fantastic 3D paper (and copper) sculptures. He says this about his creations:

Most of my pieces so far are abstract shapes naturally formed by the tension of the paper when multiple layers of paper are arranged according to regular or irregular patterns. In that sense, they could almost be said to be discovered, rather than invented or designed…

…I try to restrict myself to working with single uncut sheets of paper or other foldable material (such as copper), and for the most part use very simple “pureland” folds. Normally, this last restriction would imply that the resulting forms are flat. However, a real sheet of paper is always three-dimensional—even when unfolded—and its thickness brings about a much more obvious three-dimensionality when multiple layers are present.

We think his abstract origami should do all the talking. See a few of them after the jump.

Mui-Ling Teh’s Ever So Tiny Origami

By prawn1 Thursday February 25, 2010

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I haven’t met Mui-Ling Teh, but I can assume she has the most dexterous fingers.

The 23-year old Canadian artist has always been a fan of paper craft and in 2008, she began creating origami on a truly miniature scale. She folds the 15×15mm paper with her fingers and only uses tweezers for the last few folds. Her paper art is millimeters in size and usually captured with a hand-held camera in super macro mode, or shot through a magnifying glass. Her smallest work to date is a crane folded from a 3×3mm piece of trace paper.

Have a look at some of her incredible miniature origami after the jump.

Money as Art: Won Park’s Dollar Bill Origami

By prawn1 Thursday August 13, 2009

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Money as Art: Won Park’s Dollar Bill Origami

Origami master Won Park is known as a money folder for bending, twisting, and folding American dollar bills into beautiful life-like structures. His one dollar koi is stunningly detailed, from its perfect shape, to the eyes, and even the scales.