papercutting Archives - MobiSpirit MobiSpirit Tue, 07 Jan 2020 07:09:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Bovey Lee is a Paper Magician https://mobispirit.com/bovey-lee-is-a-paper-magician/ Wed, 08 Jan 2020 11:12:22 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=19814 LA-based artist Bovey Lee turns paper into works of magic. Using Chinese rice paper, she creates intricate paper cutouts, employing a technique she describes as “drawing with a knife.” Her creative process is both traditional and modern, relying on Chinese paper cutting techniques alongside digital helpers. Her creative process is three-fold: hand drawing first, then […]

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LA-based artist Bovey Lee turns paper into works of magic. Using Chinese rice paper, she creates intricate paper cutouts, employing a technique she describes as “drawing with a knife.” Her creative process is both traditional and modern, relying on Chinese paper cutting techniques alongside digital helpers.

Her creative process is three-fold: hand drawing first, then digital rendering, and lastly, hand cutting. “Typically, I develop drawings before making a digital template on the computer,” she told Design Boom. “After completing the template, I print it out and use it as a positioning and visual guide. the template is largely photographic and I spend a lot of time translating continuous tones into patterns of solid and void. The final step is to spend lots of hours, hand cutting the image.”

But long before she was a paper magician, Lee took to other forms of art. Born in Hong Kong, she practiced Chinese calligraphy since the age of ten and went on to study painting and drawing in her formative years. With a BA degree in Fine Arts from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, she came to the US in 1993 as a painter and went on to earn her first Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California at Berkeley and a second MFA in computer graphics and interactive media from the Pratt Institute in New York.

It was only in 2005 when she created her first cut paperwork. “After practicing digital arts for years, I began to miss creating with my hands,” she recalls. “I sought an expression to satisfy my creative impulses and combine my skills.”

Take a look at some of her artwork in the gallery below.

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Masayo Fukuda Takes Papercutting to the Next Level https://mobispirit.com/masayo-fukuda-takes-papercutting-to-the-next-level/ Wed, 13 Nov 2019 06:00:56 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=18188 Masayo Fukuda first utilized the ancient Japanese art of papercutting when she was just a high school student. “When giving a birthday card to my friend, I felt that it was unsatisfactory to send just a square card,” she explained in an interview with X-Ray Magazine. “So, I cut the paper into a heart shape.” After […]

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Masayo Fukuda first utilized the ancient Japanese art of papercutting when she was just a high school student. “When giving a birthday card to my friend, I felt that it was unsatisfactory to send just a square card,” she explained in an interview with X-Ray Magazine. “So, I cut the paper into a heart shape.”

After that, it was greeting cards to family members and friends, and soon Fukuda found herself completely hooked. “When giving greeting cards to family members and friends, I discovered that it was not so easy to cut their cards and present them with motifs such as flower bouquets and girls’ profiles,” she said. But she tried and tried again – for the last 30 years to be exact.

Now, her delicate creations focus mainly on animals, specifically marine life and underwater creatures. “I have liked creepy and mysterious creatures as well as marine life from an early age,” she admits. “Among them, I especially liked deep-sea fish and jellyfish, and made them motifs in my work.”

Her artwork has been exhibited in galleries around Japan and elsewhere. But she has also amassed more than 70k followers on Instagram, which is no small feat by any measure. Here are some of her mind-boggling creations:

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八百万之紙&切藝展・参 2019年4月13日(土)~21日(日)東京 上野 切り絵作品『海蛸子』は大阪で今展示していますので御座いません。申し訳ございません。世界らん展2019で展示した作品、2018年に製作した切り絵 を展示しています。※写真参考 ですが、グッズ、クリアファイル、マグカップ、はがき、缶バッチ、トートバッグ,限定ミニ額切り絵などを揃えています。 古民家で風情のある雰囲気のギャラリーで技量のある紙を扱った趣がある素晴らしい作家さん達との会話が楽しめます。 子供さんも楽しめると思います。 ぜひ観に来てください、よろしくお願いいたします!! 私の在廊日は、21日(日)終日予定です。 私のオフィシャルブログに詳細が載っていますので良かったら見て下さい。よろしくお願い致します。@kiriesousakukamasayo…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. #切り絵#アート#美術#紙#工芸#ハンドメイド #美 #超絶技巧 #切り絵アート #ペーパークラフト#深海魚#たこ #八百万之紙展 #cutout#papercraft#paperart#handcut#handmade#artwork #delicate#handcutpaper#paperartist#artwork#papercut#strictlypaperart#paperwork#paperdesign#papercutout#cutpaper#cutpaperart#octopus

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ersion="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> papercutting Archives - MobiSpirit MobiSpirit Tue, 07 Jan 2020 07:09:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Bovey Lee is a Paper Magician https://mobispirit.com/bovey-lee-is-a-paper-magician/ Wed, 08 Jan 2020 11:12:22 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=19814 LA-based artist Bovey Lee turns paper into works of magic. Using Chinese rice paper, she creates intricate paper cutouts, employing a technique she describes as “drawing with a knife.” Her creative process is both traditional and modern, relying on Chinese paper cutting techniques alongside digital helpers. Her creative process is three-fold: hand drawing first, then […]

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LA-based artist Bovey Lee turns paper into works of magic. Using Chinese rice paper, she creates intricate paper cutouts, employing a technique she describes as “drawing with a knife.” Her creative process is both traditional and modern, relying on Chinese paper cutting techniques alongside digital helpers.

Her creative process is three-fold: hand drawing first, then digital rendering, and lastly, hand cutting. “Typically, I develop drawings before making a digital template on the computer,” she told Design Boom. “After completing the template, I print it out and use it as a positioning and visual guide. the template is largely photographic and I spend a lot of time translating continuous tones into patterns of solid and void. The final step is to spend lots of hours, hand cutting the image.”

But long before she was a paper magician, Lee took to other forms of art. Born in Hong Kong, she practiced Chinese calligraphy since the age of ten and went on to study painting and drawing in her formative years. With a BA degree in Fine Arts from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, she came to the US in 1993 as a painter and went on to earn her first Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California at Berkeley and a second MFA in computer graphics and interactive media from the Pratt Institute in New York.

It was only in 2005 when she created her first cut paperwork. “After practicing digital arts for years, I began to miss creating with my hands,” she recalls. “I sought an expression to satisfy my creative impulses and combine my skills.”

Take a look at some of her artwork in the gallery below.

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Masayo Fukuda Takes Papercutting to the Next Level https://mobispirit.com/masayo-fukuda-takes-papercutting-to-the-next-level/ Wed, 13 Nov 2019 06:00:56 +0000 https://mobispirit.com/?p=18188 Masayo Fukuda first utilized the ancient Japanese art of papercutting when she was just a high school student. “When giving a birthday card to my friend, I felt that it was unsatisfactory to send just a square card,” she explained in an interview with X-Ray Magazine. “So, I cut the paper into a heart shape.” After […]

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Masayo Fukuda first utilized the ancient Japanese art of papercutting when she was just a high school student. “When giving a birthday card to my friend, I felt that it was unsatisfactory to send just a square card,” she explained in an interview with X-Ray Magazine. “So, I cut the paper into a heart shape.”

After that, it was greeting cards to family members and friends, and soon Fukuda found herself completely hooked. “When giving greeting cards to family members and friends, I discovered that it was not so easy to cut their cards and present them with motifs such as flower bouquets and girls’ profiles,” she said. But she tried and tried again – for the last 30 years to be exact.

Now, her delicate creations focus mainly on animals, specifically marine life and underwater creatures. “I have liked creepy and mysterious creatures as well as marine life from an early age,” she admits. “Among them, I especially liked deep-sea fish and jellyfish, and made them motifs in my work.”

Her artwork has been exhibited in galleries around Japan and elsewhere. But she has also amassed more than 70k followers on Instagram, which is no small feat by any measure. Here are some of her mind-boggling creations:

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八百万之紙&切藝展・参 2019年4月13日(土)~21日(日)東京 上野 切り絵作品『海蛸子』は大阪で今展示していますので御座いません。申し訳ございません。世界らん展2019で展示した作品、2018年に製作した切り絵 を展示しています。※写真参考 ですが、グッズ、クリアファイル、マグカップ、はがき、缶バッチ、トートバッグ,限定ミニ額切り絵などを揃えています。 古民家で風情のある雰囲気のギャラリーで技量のある紙を扱った趣がある素晴らしい作家さん達との会話が楽しめます。 子供さんも楽しめると思います。 ぜひ観に来てください、よろしくお願いいたします!! 私の在廊日は、21日(日)終日予定です。 私のオフィシャルブログに詳細が載っていますので良かったら見て下さい。よろしくお願い致します。@kiriesousakukamasayo…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. #切り絵#アート#美術#紙#工芸#ハンドメイド #美 #超絶技巧 #切り絵アート #ペーパークラフト#深海魚#たこ #八百万之紙展 #cutout#papercraft#paperart#handcut#handmade#artwork #delicate#handcutpaper#paperartist#artwork#papercut#strictlypaperart#paperwork#paperdesign#papercutout#cutpaper#cutpaperart#octopus

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