Comments on: Laura Cooperman Carves Paper Into Art

Laura Cooperman Carves Paper Into Art

jonson — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 18:50:35 -0800

Like the much mefi'd Peter Callesen, Laura Cooperman carves up plain white paper into extremely gorgeous intricate designs. Sadly, outside of her primary website not many examples of her work can be found online.

By: mediareport

mediareport — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 20:01:03 -0800

There's enough in her portfolio to get the idea; it's neat stuff, though it's a bit of a shame the gallery lighting doesn't work so well online. The spinning gears would be great to see in person.

By: fenriq

fenriq — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 20:28:56 -0800

Yeah, its beautiful but the way she presents it on her site leaves much to be desired.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 20:54:16 -0800

Needs a video of the ones that rotate.

By: Bear

Bear — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 08:43:42 -0800

Seattle artist, Dan Webb, also does neat things with paper.

By: DenOfSizer

DenOfSizer — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 09:52:35 -0800

Not clear whether she uses an exacto blade or scissors, but either way, it'd be faster for her if she used acad. They seem to me more drawings of paper rather than drawings on paper; i can't tell whether they're actually used in a 3-d way (which would imbue her architectural notions with "paperness", which would be successful, imho) or whether they're just "flat layers" of paper, in which case they could be made out of velveeta. Either way, interesting to look at.

By: es_de_bah

es_de_bah — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:43:09 -0800

I clicked on Cooperman before checking out Callesen (who I hadn't seen before), so I guess I was a little more impressed than the rest of you. Sure, Callesen has way better ideas, but this is beautiful and much better to hang on the wall than any of his work.