Valerie Buess

Posted on January 28, 2012 - by Kate

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Treehugger posted about an amazing paper artist yesterday – I had to share her here as well – I hope you like Valerie Buess, a Swedish artist, as much as I do!

She takes books, disassembles them and twists and shapes them to create sea-forms, a favorite here.

I also love the photography on her site – it’s so well done. Some of her twisting and curling reminds me of Wendy Wahl whom I wrote about earlier this week. Her tubes appear denser, tighter and colored though.

Look at that color – it’s like an indigo wash. You can see here clearly the repetitive nature of this work and the amazing creations that can come out of that monotony.

The above looks just like filigree – I love the idea of sculpture incased so that it can appear differently. I doubt that all these pieces of book are attached to one another but their weight holds them together here.

So incredible – I have no idea how that’s done, it looks like interconnected vacuum tubes. This reminds me of the plate sculptures of Tara Donovan that look to be growing and multiplying out of each other.

Her hanging sculptures are also incredibly – they look so airy but I imagine they are made of the same twists as the others making them have more weight.

Coral…these all look like coral. I wish I had a sense of their scale and their weight. I imagine this isn’t too big. It also could be a cool bean! I wonder if, like Wahl, she uses specific types of books to create her works or if she uses whatever she can get her hands on.

Look at that little urchin open up and show you more paper. I love all things sea-inspired and this is no different!