Paper Sculpting

A unique art form that is centuries old. The Japanese are masters of Origami. Origami is folding beautiful paper into the shapes of animals, birds, flowers or what ever the artist fancies.  Paper sculpting is molding, or shaping fine papers into pleasing shapes, or figures.

Listed below are my most recent paper sculptures. I have taken my original art designs and transformed them into paper sculptures. Each is framed in wooden shadow box under glass and ready to hang. Any questions please contact Sherry

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Custom Paper Sculptures can be made from digital photographs of your dog. Please contact me for details!

NOTE: THE DISTORTION OF COLOR AND CLARITY IN THE PHOTO'S IS FROM TAKING THE PHOTO'S THROUGH GLASS & MY EXTREME LACK OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ABILITY!

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Carousel

This piece was created from 35 individual pieces of 100%  Acquerello  cotton paper, and required 13 hours to create. The background paper is Thai Unryu hand made paper. Measuring 22" x 18" framed under glass, and ready to hang. This piece is an original design and is signed.

 

Falling Leaves  SOLD

This piece has behind the dog 4 actual leaves. 3 from a Bo tree, and 1 from a young rubber tree. They are referred to as "skeleton leaves"  Measures 11"x14" and is framed under glass and ready to hang.

                                                                                                         

  

R & R

(Rest & Relax)  DONATED: Race the Wind Greyhound Rescue.

Working title: Love of a Dog  SOLD

This piece has 4 actual postage stamps depicting a Greyhound, Afghan and Whippet

 Watch and Learn DONATED to: Morris raffle at Dewey 2005

Watch and Learn is shaped from 47 individual pieces of 100% Acquerello cotton paper. The background is hand made natural fiber, napa, amber/gold paper. This piece required 17 hours to complete. Measures 11" x 14" framed under glass.

 

  

Title: Three Kings  SOLD

Three Kings is shaped from 43 individual pieces of 100% Acquerello cotton paper. The background is Thai Unryu hand made paper. This piece required 11 hours to complete. Measures 11" x 14" framed under glass, double matted. The finished heads measure in overall size from approx. 4" to 5" long. This may give a better understanding of how small some of the pieces making up each head would be!

 

Title: Smell the Flowers  DONATED: Raffle for Samson

Smell the Flowers is shaped from 33 individual pieces of 100% cotton Acquerello, Japanese rice paper, Thai Unryu & Asian S natural fiber papers. Asian S paper uses actual flower pedals and pieces of the plant to form this beautiful paper, which was used for the background. This piece required 10 hours to complete. Measures 11" x 14" framed under glass.

 Grace DONATED: Auction for Joey Bee

Grace is shaped from 20 individual pieces of 100% cotton Acquerello paper. Chinese "story paper" is used for the background. This paper is hand made, natural color, printed in black with Chinese characters. The red metal foil square at the bottom right, is embossed with the character meaning "Grace". This piece required 7 hours to complete. Measures 11" x 14" framed under g

Title: The Fast & The Fragile   SOLD

The Hummingbird is shaped from 27 individual pieces of Japanese rice paper & 100% cotton paper. The Greyhound is shaped from 17 individual pieces of 100% cotton paper. This piece required 12 hours to complete.

11"x14" framed, mounted on Williamsburg Red

 

Title: My new collar  SOLD

This stunning Greyhound was shaped from 31 pieces of 100% cotton paper. The collar is shaped from Thai Unryu royal blue paper. Thai Unryu paper is very supple with gold smattering. This piece required 9 hours to complete.

11"x14" framed, mounted on Teal