Posted 02.02.2012 at 11:04 am
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Papercraft Anatomy
John Polak
Artist Lisa Nilsson's "Tissue Series" is a collection of some pretty incredible paper work--she used a technique called quilling or paper filigree ("a technique of rolling and shaping narrow strips of paper [...] first practiced by Renaissance nuns and monks who made artistic use of the gilded edges of worn out bibles") to reconstruct various parts of the human body with only paper. Check out more at her site.
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It is conclusive, no cheese on both sides of the moon!
But, I was very happy to watch the video! Very COOL!
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RATS! I posted in the wrong place.
The dreaded tab browsing did it to me again, sheesh. lol
Artist Lisa Nilsson's art is amazing, beautiful and so interesting! While it is based upon a style created by practiced by Renaissance nuns and monks, it seems like a modern style type art too. It is fascinating to see!
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Robot, I recently found out about an incredibly talented photographer you might be interested in. Check out his images under Liquid Art > Refraktion. His images of the earth are wicked. http://www.markusreugels.de/
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