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| Cardinal by Diana Beltran Herrera |
Happy
new year for all! Let us kick 2014 with a brand new installment of 'A
common influence... maybe'. Recently, while roaming the Smithsonian Magazine's Arts & Culture category for some news and something
interesting, I stumbled across an article that caught my attention.
Written by Megan Gambino, there was an article in the Collage of Arts
and Sciences category titled Diana Beltran Herrera's Flock of PaperBirds. The article highlights some of Columbian artist Diana's
accomplishments and describes part of the process of how she creates
her paper birds. All of her creations are to scale of birds in nature
and take several days to complete.
Knowing
that there were several paper artists on deviantART, I sought out 4
of them and asked:
“After
seeing your wonderful paper birds, I was curious if artist Diana
Beltran Herreras was your inspiration. If not, who was your
inspiration?”
Of the
4, I did receive a response from one of them but have yet to hear
from the others (probably due to the holidays) so as soon as I do get
word from them, I will update this post to share their insights.
Richi89.deviantart.com
(Australia)
A young
paper artist located in Australia, Richard shares with his viewers a
variety of paper works including origami but his most captivating
images in his gallery are the paper sculptures.
One of his most
eyecatching pieces is his Golden Chinese Dragon which he states in
the description is made of gold card stock, a wire skeleton in order
for it to maintain its shape and LEDs for the eyes.
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| Golden Phoenix by Richi89 |
“Hello,
Actually
a friend told me about her only at the start of this year and before
that I'd never heard of her. She does do some beautiful bird
sculptures. I have only made one bird which is the phoenix.
I'm not
really sure what inspired me, I guess I just wanted to make a phoenix
and looked at some pictures here on deviantart to get some ideas.
Then just use my own imagination to create it :)"
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| Illustrated Paper Owl by hazelb |
hazelb.deviantart.com
(South Africa)
A
graphic designer/illustrator and paper sculptor from South Africa,
Hazel Buchan doesn't have very many images in her gallery but what
she does have are lovely examples of her skill and eye for detail.
One amazing example is her Illustrated Paper Owl. In the description,
she states that it is a paper sculpture of an owl where each feather
was illustrated on before construction. Unfortunately she doesn't say
how long it took her to complete this amazing piece but the amount of
dedication she put into it is rather note-worthy.
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| Paper Raven by IgorSan |
IgorSan.deviantart.com
(Brazil)
With his
gallery filled with colorful graphic illustrations and little
mythical creature sculptures, Brazilian artist I Ching San has a
whimsical collection of imagery. One little creature that has become
rather popular in his gallery is his creation of the mushroom faery Shiitake, which he has several pictures of including progress shots.
Amongst the various 2D and 3D works is a black Paper Raven.
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| Paper Bird by NaylaSmith |
NaylaSmith.deviantart.com
(Canada)
An
illustrator and student located in Canada, Nayla Smith is currently
working on her Fine Arts Diploma while attending the Ottawa School of
Art. Many of her pieces almost have a sense of influence in them
reminiscent of artist Amy Brown, with soft muted colors, heavy grey
tones and the feel of raw emotion behind them. Hidden in the
collection of works she had on displace was Paper Bird which she
states is made of a wire skeleton to hold its form and the pages of
an old book.
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