The artist Pippa Dyrlaga from Yorkshire, England, cuts out extraordinary images from single sheets of paper. She mostly works with really thin Japanese washi paper and loves to cut out birds, since images of birds will always look like a moment frozen in time, and she wants to capture that in her work. Her delicate paper art has caught attention from all over the world, with exhibitions in metropoles like New York and Tokyo as a result.
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Gründ
Sensibiliser les tout-petits à l’écologie n’est pas une mission facile, mais ce conte y parvient parfaitement. Il est très accessible visuellement, avec ces grands aplats de couleur d’où se détachent des animaux merveilleux en papier découpé. Et la prose est simple et belle : « Un jour, la foudre embrasa la forêt. Le feu grondait, tous étaient terrifiés. Assistant au désastre, impuissants. Quand, soudain, un colibri s’envola vers l’étang. »
Au fil des pages, on découvre la légende amérindienne du colibri, qui, voyant la forêt où il vit partir en flammes, décide de tenter d’éteindre le feu en transportant des gouttes d’eau dans son bec. Les animaux les plus puissants comme l’anaconda ou le singe commencent par se moquer de sa participation dérisoire. Jusqu’à ce qu’ils se laissent séduire par l’argument choc : « Chacun fait sa part. » Visiblement, c’est comme ça qu’on éteint un feu.
La Sagesse du colibri, de Pippa Dyrlaga (Gründ, 2018). A partir de 3 ans.
Read MoreNow THIS is how you kick off a Monday morning! Oh my word, this is the absolutely stunning paper-cut work of UK based artist Pippa Dyrlaga {aka @bearfollowscat on Instagram}.
Read MoreFor Pippa Dyrlaga, one piece of paper holds a lot of possibility. The Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire-based artist cuts each one of her delicate creations from a single sheet.
Read MoreFor some, a blank sheet of paper can be daunting. For a lucky few, however, the empty space provides an opportunity for endless ideas. Such is the case for British artist Pippa Dyrlaga, who specializes in the meticulous art of paper cut-outs.
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The most basic instrument in the hands of a master can produce awe-inspiring results. For Yorkshire-based artist and printmaker Pippa Dyrlaga (previously), that instrument is a common blade handle equipped with fine point blades. The resulting works of art are incredibly detailed paper cuts of plants, animals, and abstract designs with hand-replicated patterns and variations in line width that give them dimensionality and bring the flat images to life.
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Collaboration and interview
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Interview for Issue 9 of Create Magazine. Magazine is available through various outlets worldwide. See website for details.
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