Category Archives: Sculpture

Mia Wen-Hsuan Liu is a graduate of San Francisco Art Institute and currently residing and working in Taipei, Taiwan. The artist finds her inspiration in various types of paper and uses them as a creative medium for her installation works. In an article on Paper N Design she describes her creative process:

“I like to draw freely, and is particularly mesmerized by the unique textures created by drawing on different papers; therefore, I love to discover different papers from my everyday life to use as my creative medium, and the medium itself also leads to the inspiration for my installation works.  The process also goes on to form the clear emergence of my creative theme.  By contemplating on a break-through way of working with flat and 3-dimensional structures, I have produced a series of drawings that have superseded 2-dimension, and I call them ‘Installation Drawing’.”

You can see more of her work on her website and on Flickr.

Images: Courtesy of Mia Wen-Hsuan Liu.

Jacky Cheng is a Malaysian paper artist living and working in Western Australia. Her relief cut paper work is mesmerizing with each layer trimmed and stacked upon each other. The architecture graduate on an interview with Stricly Paper says this about her process:

“It takes up to a few months to create one depending on the size. I often regard the style as a topographic technique, as they really do resemble the natural layers of our environment.”

“The idea of layering became more apparent when I started to draw with my penknife – yes… just cutting and layering one layer after another, no drawn plans, no guide, just the knife, paper and glue. The organic movement began. Surrendering to the moment began. Letting the thought process work simultaneously with the creative journey.”

As for my process, sometimes it starts from a large sheet of paper layering inwards, sometimes from a very tiny piece of paper (most often an off cut piece from previous work) and work my way outwards, or even at other times, a combination of both, inwards and outwards depending on what the design needs – scale, proportion etc.

You can follow the artist on her website and on Facebook.

Images: Courtesy of Jacky Cheng.

Naho Katayama is a paper cutting artist from Nagasaki, Japan. The self-taught creator developed this intricate technique of constructing dimensions with multiple layers of paper. She started creating a few pieces as a hobby and since 2014 has been cutting paper professionally. In her biography she writes this about her process:

“ First, I draw a design by freehand, then I break up a single design into multiple patterns in my head before beginning the pieces cutting process. I developed and original technique of creating dimension via multiple layers of paper. My designs are quite small and most of my pieces are hand sized.

“I use a sharp craft knife, wood glue and sturdy textured paper ( 233gsm fine watercolor paper ).”

Website, Facebook, Behance and Instagram.

Images: Courtesy of Naho Katayama.