Hand Cut Illuminated Paper Art by Hari & Deepti

April 5, 2014 11:15 AM

Harikrishan Panicker and Deepti Nair, who both hail from India, go by the duo artist name of Hari & Deepti. Together they create small and large diorama artworks made of intricately cut layered paper lit by LED lights.
posted by Room 641-A (10 comments total)

Man, those are amazing. I met a guy in Venice, Italy that did this stuff, and like these in the gallery, I'm incredibly impressed that these are all hand-cut, since it feels like something computer could cut with a laser really well.
posted by mathowie at 11:27 AM on April 5, 2014

Beautiful.
posted by Fig at 11:36 AM on April 5, 2014

Oh, wow, these are gorgeous.

After about six or seven I find myself kinda wanting them to experiment with some different colors and some different levels of detail on the figures, but they're still pretty damn gorgeous all the way down.
posted by egypturnash at 11:43 AM on April 5, 2014

Beautiful. I wish someone would photograph and post them in anaglyph 3-D. I get the impression that I'm missing quite a bit without the sense of depth.
posted by TDavis at 12:03 PM on April 5, 2014

Utopia reminds me of Shimla Mirch. Absolutely beautiful.

Any details as to how long they take to create?
posted by Solomon at 12:03 PM on April 5, 2014

Ditto on the gorgeous. It's cool that they posted the unlit and lit images. Amazing how much the lighting really makes the pieces.
posted by mondo dentro at 12:10 PM on April 5, 2014 [1 favorite]

Utopia reminds me of Shimla Mirch.

Aww, that's what it was.
posted by Room 641-A at 12:19 PM on April 5, 2014 [1 favorite]

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posted by Solomon at 1:05 PM on April 5, 2014

This is awesome, and whoever photographed them did a great job as well.
posted by Wolfdog at 2:28 PM on April 5, 2014

These are gorgeous. Between the depth created by the layers and the tiny scale of the human figures, it feels like you could get lost in them. Just beautiful.
posted by Serene Empress Dork at 4:51 PM on April 5, 2014 [1 favorite]