Folding Trees » Paper Art http://foldingtrees.com the best tutorials and paper creations online Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:51:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Paper shoes http://foldingtrees.com/2009/10/paper-shoes/ http://foldingtrees.com/2009/10/paper-shoes/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:42:10 +0000 June & Eve http://foldingtrees.com/?p=2813 papershoe

Illustrator David Browning from Bristol, UK also has an interest in papercraft, including making pop up books and detailed 3D paper shoe models. Check out his hand made gallery for more paper delights! [via @papercrave on Twitter]

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I love the different paper colours used to fold these origami koi, designed and folded by Sipho Mabona. And the amazingly graceful stop-motion video instructions are definitely worth watching (although it looks like it would be very complicated to fold one yourself).  [via Whip Up]

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Feed your Soul is a free art project that offers a free art download from a different artist every month. Print them off and frame them. Lovely idea! [via How About Orange]

]]> http://foldingtrees.com/2009/08/printable-art/feed/ 0 Altered book art http://foldingtrees.com/2009/07/altered-book-art/ http://foldingtrees.com/2009/07/altered-book-art/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:00:38 +0000 June & Eve http://foldingtrees.com/?p=2592 anagram_octopus

Check out this huge and varied roundup of paper art made by modifying old books. Pictured above is my favourite image from the post, a promotional piece for the Anagram Bookshop in Prague. [Thanks to Sister Diane for the link!]

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I’d love to be able to see art student Wataru Itou’s absolutely stunning papercraft art installation Umi no Ue no Oshiro (A Castle On the Ocean ) in person, but as I’m not heading to Toyko any time soon, Tokyobling’s writeup is the next best thing.

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I can well believe that this masterpiece took four years to complete – it even contains electrical lights and a moving paper train! Breathtaking.

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