Asya Kozina

AsyaKozinaRussian artist Asya Kozina cuts, curls and molds paper into these incredible labor intensive 3-dimensional objects. We are particularly drawn to her masks, historical costumes and baroque wigs of which she writes on Designboom:

“Historical wigs always fascinated me, especially the baroque era.”  “This is art for art’s sake aesthetics for aesthetics — no practical sense, but they are beautiful. In this case, paper helps to highlight the main form and not to be obsessed with unnecessary details.”

You can follow her on Facebook and see more of her work on Instagram.

Images: Courtesy of Asya Kozina.

Pia Valentinis

PiaValentinisAdmiring the works of Italian illustrator and author, Pia Valentinis, who has illustrated children’s books with both regional and worldwide publishers. She is the winner of the Hans Christian Andersen award, the highest international recognition given to authors and illustrators who have made lasting contribution to children’s literature. You can follow her blog here and see more of her work on Flickr.

Images: Courtesy of Pia Valentinis.

Lee McKenna

LeeMcKenna Found Lee McKenna’s collages on Tumblr but know very little about her except that she resides in Melbourne, Australia. We did find her artist statement on Boom Gallery in which she writes:

“My collages embrace the imperfection of old, used, discarded and damaged paper. These papers depict moments in time – often bearing marks and traces of a past life and the human hand. I ‘rescue’ these unwanted fragments, creating layers and building connections into some sort of new, elusive and unpredictable thing. The process is wholly tactile – nothing is digital. I like the restrictions that this creates… the hand-cutting and gluing down, the use of only original papers and ephemera. Elements are added or removed, or covered over and reworked. Ideas and narratives may emerge, but often a series is initiated through the acquisition of a certain type of raw material – an old photo album, a stash of old maps, a pile of old postcards…”

You can follow her blog on Tumblr and see more of her work on Pinterest and Instagram.

Images: Courtesy of Lee McKenna.

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