Papercraft High Heels

Posted by John Farrier in Arts & Crafts on November 13, 2009 at 2:57 pm


Photo: Le Creative Sweatshop

Le Creative Sweatshop is a French art studio that produces (among other things) enormous papercraft art installations. The high-heeled shoes pictured above are a part of their effort to “make a paper world.” You can view more pictures of the studio’s work at the link.

Link via Gizmodo | Video about their work

 
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The Emperor's Castle by Thomas Hillier

Posted by Alex in Arts & Crafts on October 20, 2009 at 12:18 am


Photo: bldgblog

For his thesis project, Thomas Hillier created stunningly detailed papercraft artwork inspired by the woodblock prints of the famous Edo-period Japenese artist Hiroshige. Thomas’ project, called The Emperor’s Castle, is a fantastic combination of illustrations and 3-dimensional paper sculptures that you just have to see for yourself:

The Emperor’s Castle originates from a mythical and ancient tale hidden within a woodblock landscape scene created by Japanese Ukiyo-e printmaker, Ando Hiroshige. This tale charts the story of two star-crossed lovers, the weaving Princess and the Cowherd, who have been separated by the Princess’s father, the Emperor. These characters have been replaced by architectonic metaphors creating an urban theatre within the grounds of the Imperial Palace in central Tokyo.

Link | Flickr set of The Emperor’s Castle – via Make

 
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Zelda Papercraft

Posted by Alex in Arts & Crafts, Toy & Video Games on October 7, 2009 at 3:07 pm


Master Sword and Pedestal by Xenonray – via Nintendo Papercraft

Whoa! This is awesome: Gajitz blog has a nice compendium of the various papercrafts inspired by the Zelda games. I remember fondly playing Zelda II: The Adventure of Link on my NES oh so many years ago.

Link | More at the excellent blog Nintendo Papercraft (you can lose hours there!)

 
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Neatoramabot Papercraft by Yumiko Matsui

Posted by Alex in Arts & Crafts, Neatorama Only, Pictures on September 25, 2009 at 3:23 pm

I’m a big fan of papercraft artist Yumiko Matsui (featured before on Neatorama here) – so it was a pleasant surprise to hear from her about this Neatoramabot papercraft sculpture. Ain’t he cute?

If you haven’t seen Yumiko’s artwork before, you owe it to yourself to check it out: she sculpts fantastic and colorful dioramas as well as miniature characters out of paper. The level of details is simply superb (for example, in her Summer Festival series, check out the Japanese pancake stand)

Best of all, I hear she’s coming to the United States! Here’s Yumiko’s online art gallery: Link

 
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Keyboard Cat Papercraft

Posted by Miss Cellania in Arts & Crafts on August 25, 2009 at 11:30 am


Now you can make your own keyboard cat that plays his own little papercraft keyboard when you crank the handle! TubbyPaws has a pattern and a cute video tutorial. Link -via Metafilter

 
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Geeky Papercraft

Posted by Queuebot in Arts & Crafts on August 13, 2009 at 4:16 pm

Only the geekiest of papercraft projects made the cut for this excellent list from oobject. Take a look at what happened when geeks get their hands on construction paper:

Whether a novice or a paper-folding master, papercraft is a hobby that anyone can enjoy. It involves printing out a custom schematic with instructions and folding the paper to create a unique work of art. The papercraft you see here keep central with the theme of geekiness and quite possibly, nerdiness.

Link

From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by vveneziani.

 
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Dan McPharlin's Mini Retro Electronics Papercraft

Posted by Alex in Arts & Crafts, Gadget, Pictures on April 17, 2009 at 2:06 am

This neatolicious: Dan McPharlin creates what is probably the cutest papercraft set of miniature analog electronic devices, from tape recorder to retro synthesizers. Take a looksee: Link [Flickr Photoset] – via The Terminally Juvenile

 
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Spinning Papercraft

Posted by Alex in Arts & Crafts on April 13, 2009 at 6:25 am

This is very cool: Paper Forest blog has a YouTube clip of a spinning papercraft. The original design is by Ramin Razani, as noted by Jeffrey Rutzky in his book Kirigami (more photos here on his Flickr acct).

Link [embedded YouTube clip] – via Make

If you’d like to make your own, here’s a similar template.

 
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What to Do with Books if You Don't Like Reading

Posted by Stacy in Arts & Crafts, Book & Lit on January 29, 2009 at 7:54 pm

As much as it pains me to see books damaged, this is pretty cool.

The link contains lots of other interesting things artists have done with literature… other than read it, of course.

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Papercraft CCTV Camera

Posted by Queuebot in Arts & Crafts on January 29, 2009 at 2:34 pm

Who doesnt love a good papercraft? Especially one that mocks a large scale survelliance system that invades privacy of millions?

Enjoy Nude Magazine's (no nudity on this page just papercraft, I promise) CCTV Papercraft.

Link

From the Upcoming Queue, submitted by Muppetmaker.

 
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Secret Decoder Valentine Card

Posted by jstruan in Arts & Crafts, Everything Else on January 19, 2009 at 10:35 pm

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Norma “Crankbunny” Toraya has some wonderful creations in her Etsy store, perfect for Valentine’s Day. Head over to see the Secret Decoder Valentine Card, Valentine Dancing Paper Puppet Robot Doll, and Key to Ones Heart Valentine Popup Card.

*Previously: Best Valentine’s Day gifts ever.

 
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The Illuminati Pyramid Papercraft

Posted by Alex in Arts & Crafts, Paranormal, Politics on January 12, 2009 at 1:46 am

Here’s a papercraft for all of you who have learned to stop worrying and love the New World Order: the Illuminati Pyramid Papercraft, by Paper Replika.

Just be careful where you place the papercraft, because it surely contains printed microcircuitry with hypersensitive cellulosic fiber antenna that will transmit whatever it is you say to Zbigniew Brzezinski.

Link – via Super Punch

 
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Millennium Falcon Papercraft

Posted by Miss Cellania in Arts & Crafts on December 19, 2008 at 9:07 am

Here is an incredible papercraft recreation of Han Solo’s famous ship. The detail is extraordinary and true to the movies. This is a great project for inmates with a science fiction passion or any young man who has no desire to kiss girls in his teen years. If you’ve got the time, put it together and we’ll show it off proudly.

Make your own Millennium Falcon with a printable download from VectorVault. Link -Thanks, Adam!

 
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Paper Portrait Sculpture

Posted by Miss Cellania in Arts & Crafts on December 18, 2008 at 10:53 am


Rotterdam artist Bert Simons creates realistic sculpture portraits made of paper! See more in his portfolio, including sculptures of some European celebrities. Link -Thanks, Stephen Douge!

 
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Yulia Brodskaya's Papercraft

Posted by Alex in Arts & Crafts, Pictures on December 17, 2008 at 3:55 am

I was going to call it a night when I decided to check one more link. I’m so glad I did because that’s when I ran across this amazing papercraft artwork by Russian artist Yulia Brodskaya.

Her website is a little bit slow, but it’s worth the wait: Link – via Drawn!

 
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Papercraft of Hellboy's Revolver

Posted by Alex in Arts & Crafts, Movies & SciFi, Pictures on November 25, 2008 at 3:05 am

This fantastic papercraft model of Hellboy’s revolver The Good Samaritan features a working hinge and loadable bullets. It probably takes dozens of hours of tedious cutting and gluing, so why don’t we just gawk appreciatively at the pictures?

Link (in Japanese) – via Geekologie

 
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Papercraft Diorama by Yumiko Matsui

Posted by Alex in Arts & Crafts on September 17, 2008 at 1:30 pm

Yumiko Matsui is a Japanese artist specializing in fantastic dioramas made out of paper. This one is of the Dotonbori Street in Osaka:

Dotonbori is one of Osaka’s main shopping areas and entertainment districts, and is also known as a food destination. It is a popular tourist destination. It is famous for big cheesy neon signs on the street. Those signs become part of the culture of Osaka. Dotonbori street gets busier at night because of the lights.

Check out the gallery here: Link – Thanks Yumiko!

 
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