Paper Art

[Lee Asher]

Check out Chinese artist Li Hongbo as he plays with the appearance and connotations of paper.


Click the image to watch this awesome 13 min. video.

In the above video, Mr. Hongbo shows us step by step, his magical journey in the art of paper making.

Wonder if this could be done with a huge stack of playing cards?

Enjoy...

[Don Boyer]

Paper Slinky sculpture!  Amazing!

[Curt]

I watched that a little while ago. It's just awesome, in every sense of the word. I can't imagine the time and patience it would take to create those sculptures.

[Lee Asher]

The question is... Can this be done with a large stack of playing cards?

[Don Boyer]

You wouldn't get the cool Slinky effect thing going on.  The pasteboards would be too stiff.

But if your goal was to create a solid block of "carve-able" paper, yeah, some uncut sheets glued together into blocks would work well.  However, you'd want to use sheets without the graphite in the glue between the paper layers.  The lines it would create in the finished product might not be very appealing.

Hell, I have the tools to do it myself.  I just lack the work space and the artistic talent - y'know, the little things... 

[Anthony]

That is just amazing, and talk about patience in the block making process. Very creative.

[bhong]

I actually did a really something like this, but way way way less complex for an art project once. Styrofoam plates and double sided foam tape. Hopefully, it's was a ton of fun getting that slinky feel with bigger objects.