Inspired by her love of plants and animals, Elaine’s creations reflect her fascination with the shapes, lines, colors, and movement found in nature. Using no template or prior sketching, Elaine hand-cuts her designs into the layers of wrapping tissue paper. She then gently applies and seals her designs onto heavy hot press watercolor paper.

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“I’m drawn to the bold contrast between the saturated colors of the tissue paper and the bright white background upon which they are adhered,” she notes on her website. With many of her pieces containing intricate hand-cut designs, completing one single piece can take Elaine anywhere from a few hours to a few days.

“Because I don’t draw my designs before cutting them, sometimes it can take a few tries to create the perfect shape or form that I’m looking for, whether it be a flower, insect, or giraffe.”

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According to Elaine, she often has only a vague idea of what she wants to make when, which means that sometimes the end result is vastly different from what she originally had in mind.

“My love of animals and color is unabashedly on display in my pieces,” she adds. “And I hope they bring you as much joy when you view them as it brings me to create them.”

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Born in Hungaria and currently living in London, Szabo creates both 2D and 3D art using paper. Her creations are often brought to life through stop motion animation and using visual metaphors that draw the viewer into her tactile worlds. And with more than 15k followers on Instagram and collaborations with brands like Gucci, Fossil, and the National Print Museum – it’s clear that people are very much drawn to her paper worlds.

Her art features characters (with pop culture references), buildings, animals, and typography – all mixed together in a cheerful blend. Talking about her sources of inspiration with Strictly Paper, Szabo admitted that she can pretty much get inspired by anything, “from my daily walks by the sea at Dun Laoghaire, and now along the Thames, watching a movie, reading a book, or just looking out the window watching the birds with my cat.” Having moved abroad also served as a great source of inspiration and has made Szabo more open to accept and appreciate different cultures, which she has incorporated into her work.

But though her art varies, her process is fairly straight forward, with each of her pieces beginning with a design and a piece of paper. “Once I have the design for a work, I have to choose the right paper for it,” she says. “I decide the weight, texture, color. I use different paper when I have to fold, tear or cut. I use acid-free paper to make sure my works last for a long time.”

Here are some highlights from her Instagram page:

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Over the next 30 years, she has mastered her craft, and now she creates delicate paper art that is finely cut with such detail, it’s hard to imagine it’s entirely made by hand. The Japanese art of papercutting, known as Kirie, is created by finely cutting a single sheet of paper at a time.

Fukuda’s paper art revolves around the natural world, focused mainly on marine life. “I have liked creepy and mysterious creatures as well as marine life from an early age,” she explained. “Among them, I especially liked deep-sea fish and jellyfish, and made them motifs in my work.”

Now, with more than 40 thousand followers on Instagram, and exhibitions in galleries around Japan and elsewhere, she has fully outgrown her humble beginnings.

Follow her on Instagram for more paper magic.

The post Masayo Fukuda’s Paper Cut Art Is Unreal appeared first on TettyBetty.

“I strongly believe that the more simple the message is, the best, and it will be easily accepted,” he stated in an interview with Cup of Couple. “In this way, the simplicity of my work makes it easy to recognize. In any case, that’s not exactly my goal, it’s more related to my vision of everything and how I like things: simple, friendly and pretty.”

But though his technique is simple, the result is anything but. Attracting more than 40k followers on Instagram, his illustrations have an endearing quality to them. There’s no pretension in them, which is saying a lot.

“I remember that during my student life, I used to make good summaries and schemes, and my drawings are exactly like that,” recalled Roda. “Simple colors and lines have much to do with the kid’s world, and I’m more interested in the kid’s world than adults.”

“I see my style as something absolutely open, growing up and alive,” he admitted. “I’ve never planned my style and my career. Everything comes from passion and intuition.”

Here are some of his Instagram highlights:

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With more than 20k followers on Instagram, it may seem that Chancellor was destined for greatness, but it took her quite a while to find the perfect artistic niche. Originally studying illustration at Kingston University, she went on to study at the Royal Drawing School where she started making customized paper artworks for friends and family.

“I was in the final year of my Illustration degree and I got a bad final mark,” she admitted in an interview with the Bailey Nelson blog. “I had one chance to redeem myself through an additional mark for the final exhibition, and I knew I had to take a totally different approach. I’d been doing a lot of ink drawing and charcoal, so I decided to do something 3-dimensional instead.”

It was then that she had the bright idea to make a city out of shoeboxes, crafting black cut-out silhouettes of people in the windows. “You could turn the lights in the ‘rooms’ on and off,” she explained, adding: “I wanted to use a traditional craft, but with a contemporary subject matter. The art of papercutting is ancient!”

Follow her Instagram page for good, clean fun.

The post Paper Artist Adds a Modern Twist to an Ancient Craft appeared first on TettyBetty.

For the process, the Philippines-based artist first sketches each element on a sheet of paper. Then the designs and shapes are transferred to thick paper that is cut and stacked into colorful arrangements. From movie characters and famous musicians to plants and animals, it seems De Vera can do anything with paper. Check out his amazing illustrations below.

The post Amazing Paper Cut Illustrations By John Ed De Vera appeared first on TettyBetty.

Inspired by her love of plants and animals, Elaine’s creations reflect her fascination with the shapes, lines, colors, and movement found in nature. Using no template or prior sketching, Elaine hand-cuts her designs into the layers of wrapping tissue paper. She then gently applies and seals her designs onto heavy hot press watercolor paper.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Stacey Elaine (@staceyelaine.art)

“I’m drawn to the bold contrast between the saturated colors of the tissue paper and the bright white background upon which they are adhered,” she notes on her website. With many of her pieces containing intricate hand-cut designs, completing one single piece can take Elaine anywhere from a few hours to a few days.

“Because I don’t draw my designs before cutting them, sometimes it can take a few tries to create the perfect shape or form that I’m looking for, whether it be a flower, insect, or giraffe.”

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Stacey Elaine (@staceyelaine.art)

According to Elaine, she often has only a vague idea of what she wants to make when, which means that sometimes the end result is vastly different from what she originally had in mind.

“My love of animals and color is unabashedly on display in my pieces,” she adds. “And I hope they bring you as much joy when you view them as it brings me to create them.”

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Stacey Elaine (@staceyelaine.art)

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Stacey Elaine (@staceyelaine.art)

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Stacey Elaine (@staceyelaine.art)

The post Add Some Paper Animals to Your Feed appeared first on TettyBetty.

Born in Hungaria and currently living in London, Szabo creates both 2D and 3D art using paper. Her creations are often brought to life through stop motion animation and using visual metaphors that draw the viewer into her tactile worlds. And with more than 15k followers on Instagram and collaborations with brands like Gucci, Fossil, and the National Print Museum – it’s clear that people are very much drawn to her paper worlds.

Her art features characters (with pop culture references), buildings, animals, and typography – all mixed together in a cheerful blend. Talking about her sources of inspiration with Strictly Paper, Szabo admitted that she can pretty much get inspired by anything, “from my daily walks by the sea at Dun Laoghaire, and now along the Thames, watching a movie, reading a book, or just looking out the window watching the birds with my cat.” Having moved abroad also served as a great source of inspiration and has made Szabo more open to accept and appreciate different cultures, which she has incorporated into her work.

But though her art varies, her process is fairly straight forward, with each of her pieces beginning with a design and a piece of paper. “Once I have the design for a work, I have to choose the right paper for it,” she says. “I decide the weight, texture, color. I use different paper when I have to fold, tear or cut. I use acid-free paper to make sure my works last for a long time.”

Here are some highlights from her Instagram page:

The post Julianna Szabo’s Paper Art is Great Fun appeared first on TettyBetty.

Over the next 30 years, she has mastered her craft, and now she creates delicate paper art that is finely cut with such detail, it’s hard to imagine it’s entirely made by hand. The Japanese art of papercutting, known as Kirie, is created by finely cutting a single sheet of paper at a time.

Fukuda’s paper art revolves around the natural world, focused mainly on marine life. “I have liked creepy and mysterious creatures as well as marine life from an early age,” she explained. “Among them, I especially liked deep-sea fish and jellyfish, and made them motifs in my work.”

Now, with more than 40 thousand followers on Instagram, and exhibitions in galleries around Japan and elsewhere, she has fully outgrown her humble beginnings.

Follow her on Instagram for more paper magic.

The post Masayo Fukuda’s Paper Cut Art Is Unreal appeared first on TettyBetty.

“I strongly believe that the more simple the message is, the best, and it will be easily accepted,” he stated in an interview with Cup of Couple. “In this way, the simplicity of my work makes it easy to recognize. In any case, that’s not exactly my goal, it’s more related to my vision of everything and how I like things: simple, friendly and pretty.”

But though his technique is simple, the result is anything but. Attracting more than 40k followers on Instagram, his illustrations have an endearing quality to them. There’s no pretension in them, which is saying a lot.

“I remember that during my student life, I used to make good summaries and schemes, and my drawings are exactly like that,” recalled Roda. “Simple colors and lines have much to do with the kid’s world, and I’m more interested in the kid’s world than adults.”

“I see my style as something absolutely open, growing up and alive,” he admitted. “I’ve never planned my style and my career. Everything comes from passion and intuition.”

Here are some of his Instagram highlights:

The post Shape, Color, and Contrast: The Endearing Creations of José Antonio Roda appeared first on TettyBetty.

With more than 20k followers on Instagram, it may seem that Chancellor was destined for greatness, but it took her quite a while to find the perfect artistic niche. Originally studying illustration at Kingston University, she went on to study at the Royal Drawing School where she started making customized paper artworks for friends and family.

“I was in the final year of my Illustration degree and I got a bad final mark,” she admitted in an interview with the Bailey Nelson blog. “I had one chance to redeem myself through an additional mark for the final exhibition, and I knew I had to take a totally different approach. I’d been doing a lot of ink drawing and charcoal, so I decided to do something 3-dimensional instead.”

It was then that she had the bright idea to make a city out of shoeboxes, crafting black cut-out silhouettes of people in the windows. “You could turn the lights in the ‘rooms’ on and off,” she explained, adding: “I wanted to use a traditional craft, but with a contemporary subject matter. The art of papercutting is ancient!”

Follow her Instagram page for good, clean fun.

The post Paper Artist Adds a Modern Twist to an Ancient Craft appeared first on TettyBetty.

For the process, the Philippines-based artist first sketches each element on a sheet of paper. Then the designs and shapes are transferred to thick paper that is cut and stacked into colorful arrangements. From movie characters and famous musicians to plants and animals, it seems De Vera can do anything with paper. Check out his amazing illustrations below.

The post Amazing Paper Cut Illustrations By John Ed De Vera appeared first on TettyBetty.