20 Feb 2011

Inspiration - Peter Callesen's Paperwork


I completely found Peter Callesen's work by accident, I've been racking my brain all day trying to think of another artists name and one of his projects came up in the google search. I was pretty blown away by what this chap can do with a single piece of paper and some glue. He cuts out shapes from the paper and builds structures to form complimentary shapes. His body work work is massive too, I have just chosen a few of my favs, mainly of the a4 work but he's done numerous large scale installations, commissions and even some stuff involving floating castles!

If that sounds all good to you I urge you to check more of his stuff out here. I'm pretty chuffed about finding is work, especially seeing that I wasn't working for it. All pics from Peter Callesen's site.

19 comments:

  1. this is SO COOL. i am most in love with the skeleton and the tree. wow, thanks for sharing your find :)

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  2. amazing stuff, bit of a consolation for not remembering the other artist! i tried to DM you on twitter earlier but not sure it worked, just to say i probably won't get to say hi on your visit - next time!

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  3. I've heard of him before, and seen his things, but that doesn't mean I stil don't get completely blown away by his work! He is freaking amazing, I can't even begin to think HOW would one do that!?

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  4. oh wow! That's pretty amazing. I don't know if I like the tree or the skeleton best.

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  5. Gorgeous stuff. Very delicate and beautiful. Kind of calming.. Some of it feels like paused paper animation, like I'm in the middle of a story.

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  6. i remember we used to do this in grade school but of course it was much much more simpler then. nothing as complicated and amazing as this.

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  7. I love all kinds of paper art,

    my favourite of these is the first tree.

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  8. utterly clever pieces! xx

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  9. i have seen those, they kind of blow my mind!

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  10. He is like crazily talented. I've always admired people who can flick between 2D and 3D like that.

    Man I've missed your blog. I will try & be a better follower!

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  11. I am stunned by the third work!

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  12. This art work is really cool- so intricate and detailed! I love artists that work with materials like paper...Rob Ryan for example! Great post :)

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  13. I'm in awe of the precision and planning involved in these mat. Particularly love the little skeleton feller.

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  14. Very cool and smart! Love them!

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  15. I've seen his work before and Oh how I love it! I tried to do something like this for a project but I couldn't even cut the paper right. xxx

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  16. wow these are so beautiful and you can see the painstaking work that goes in to each piece. Thank you for sharing I love any kind of paper craft and these are divine !!! I'd love to see more of this in our art gallerias. True talent.

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  17. soo very clever x

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  18. These are incredible, wow!

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  19. literally blew my mind. This guy is incredible!
    ERx

    http://theelliotrose.blogspot.com/

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