MetaFilter posts tagged with paper and papercraft

Magazines as Fabric

ocherdraco — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:07:05 -0800

Artist/Designer Ilisha Helfman makes clothes for her custom made paper dolls every week from the cover of the New York Times Magazine.

Make your own cool, colorific card holders

taz — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 05:21:48 -0800

DIY business card holders from paint chips from industrial designer Aaron Tang at designverb, step by step.

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.

More than Just Origami

cass — Tue, 30 May 2006 09:39:38 -0800

Although paper sculptures have been discussed on the Blue before, you might also want to check out Calvin Nicholls (click on the gallery or portfolio links), who was profiled in the latest issue of Somerset Studio magazine. Here's another guy who creates people sculptures out of paper. There are many other artists out there who make sculptures from paper. Museums sometimes have exhibitions of their work. Check them out in person if you get a chance. Some of the sculptures are unbelievable.

Craft Templates

jonah — Wed, 21 Jan 2004 13:46:33 -0800

Templates that you can use to make custom cards, envelopes, and boxes , requires only minor paper folding skill to make one of a kind gift holders/presenters. I like the take out box and the trapezoid box for some reason.