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If you’ve been here before, you know repetition and meditative art is one of my favorite themes. Hadieh Shafie’s work therefore falls right in my sweetspot of interests as her pieces require patience and time to craft the scrolls covered in handwritten Farsi and roll them into the amazing sculptures that they become. I also […]

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Ula Einstein I believe I came across on Pinterest – the photo below, which looked to me like burned toilet paper tubes caught my eye somewhere along the way. Upon investigation, Ula’s delicate textiles and works on paper are completely captivating. Many she calls, “drawings with fire.” Some of them are pre-cut and others appear […]

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A short post tonight because I just can’t seem to find that much information about Shiwa Rashtian online, though I do love her creations. Her design studio is located in Utrecht, Netherlands and her pieces are largely functional.

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Holly Senn is really cool. I know, I say that about everyone. But Holly creates her sculptural installations out of discarded library books. It’s funny in part because Holly herself has worked in corporate and academic libraries for much of her career. How many of us haven’t wanted to tear up some of our work […]

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I’m not sure what I’ll do here on the blog if Neil leaves the Netherlands. Without him there I never would have heard about the 2012 Paper Biennial Rijswijk at the Museum Rijswijk in The Netherlands. But no need to worry because there were incredible artists there to keep me busy including Georgia Gremouti, a […]

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In just a few short days my mother will be receiving the very first Parks Partners award from the Mayor of Boston. In the spirit of that I thought I’d do a horticulturally inspired post and Susan Benarcik’s work fit the bill. I’m fairly certain those are everyday toothpicks glued to the wall in an irregular pattern. […]

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Karen Margolis uses circles in her work (both positive and negative) and it’s amazing what she can do primarily with just that one shape. The circle to Karen represents “infinity and perfection” rooted in Zen Buddhism. She says on her site that, “The Enso, Japanese for circle, is my inspiration for imagery.” and in the […]

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I think Hyacinta Hovestadt might be the hardest artist to track down that I’ve ever blogged about. I can’t find a website of her own but I can find many videos and fans of her work throughout a variety of sites. That could be because of the material she uses, recycled corrugated cardboard. I’ve written […]

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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 […]

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Oh Pinterest, how I love thee – another day another inspiring piece of installation art! This time the artist is Wendy Wahl, who creates installation art pieces using recycled encyclopedias, world books, and dictionaries. How cool are those? They’re like trees made of paper…how meta is that? Wendy talks about it as a process of […]