Paper Love

Below are photos by LA-based photographer Nicholas Alan Cope. I’m not going to try putting in to words how I feel about this series entitled ‘Paper’ as I won’t do it any justice! Check out his other work here. His still life work is incredible, they have the aesthetic of paintings depicting 16th century banquets but with less of the indulgence and gluttony seen in such paintings. Nicholas’ work is definitely worth a look.

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I Am A Forest

Stop motion video by Alex Schulz. Love the tune and sound of paper.. Paper Love!

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Bea Szenfeld

Swedish based fashion designer Bea Szenfeld’s innovative collection “Sur la Plage” (On the Beach) is a 12 piece collection inspired by mythical folklore of the sea and of the creatures that lure and seduces sailors into the depths of the sea and rivers from such fantasy. Each piece has been arduously created by paper, which seems ironic considering the environment which the collection has taken its inspiration from. Other inspiration that the Polish born designer has drawn from is 1950′s burlesque feminine high-waisted forms, geometry and architectural influences. I’ll begin with my favourite, enjoy the splendor that is “Sur la Plage”…

This piece took an amazing two and a half months to create.

Check out Bea’s other creations here. I’m off to dream of the sea. Night

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Apple Seed

The life cycle of an apple seed created by Johnny Kelly

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“Jewellery takes people’s minds off your wrinkles.” Sonja Henie

I have always loved chunky jewellery and lately there has been an abundance of it on the catwalks, shops and online, so here are a few of my favorites as well as a few delicate pieces.

Clockwise from top left: Marni AW09, Jason Wu AW09, Donna Karan AW09, Elie Saab AW09, Lanvin AW09, Christian Lacroix AW09

Nina Bukvic

Dominic Jones’s seriously amazing AW09 collection. The 2 thorn knuckleduster would look simply divine on my hand! I think Dominic should accessories the ladies in the next installment of the Twilight series or Alice Dellal, Lizzy Jagger, Eliza Cummings and Emma Chitty should just take their place, they’d make incredible vampires. His collection was photographed by Matt Irwin.

Jahyun Rita Baek

Nina Bukvic saw her jewellery exhibited at the Dazzle during the Edinburgh Festival the earring were stunning, I don’t think they would ever leave my ears if I had the privilege of owning a pair.

Louis Vuitton

Both available at DANNIJO

Antonella Giomarelli another favorite who I saw at Dazzle 2 years ago

Unfortunately I saved this to my computer a few years ago without taking note of who it’s by.

Ohhh, it’s all one big long wish list! I’d better watch Derren Brown’s show tonight to see if he lets on how to predict the lottery numbers.

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Alice in Wonderland

Excited!!

Paper Love

I have blogged before about Origami and I’m always on the look out for paper sculptures and structures. Today I found this sweet wee animation by Makoto Yabuki called White Box and had to share it with you all. Enjoy.

This stool was made out of paper by Simone Pullens and she ensures that you can sit on the paper structure.

The work below is by Peter Callesen who mainly works with A4 sheets of paper, for a far more comprehensive explanation of his work check out his website.

Yulia Brodskaya is a Russian Graphic Designer who practices in Textile Painting, Origami, Collage and more traditional fine art.

If you haven’t watched Makoto Yabuki’s White Box by the time you have got down here, scroll up and watch it now!!

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