Russian-born but London-based paper mistress Yulia Brodskaya has made me look at one of my worst enemies in a new light. Paper and I have a long-standing animosity toward each other. It just sits there, blankly staring at me, never giving me a single hint about what I should draw, and I, in return, tend to crumple it up a lot or, in rare cases, light it on fire out of frustration. Brodskaya, on the other hand, takes that pressed tree pulp and bends it to her every whim. She creates the mind-bogglingly complex type styles similar to Marian Bantjes or Si Scott out of simple paper. Enemy or not, the dynamic between me and paper is shifting, and Brodskaya deserves the thanks for that. Maybe one day I can pick up the pencil without first picking up the matches as a show of force.
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Matt | 16-Dec-08 at 12:15 pm | Permalink
wow, her paper works are unreal. i was a little let down, and surprised, by her design samples. perhaps that stuff is older and she’s moved on to the pulp. very impressive.
Shapes of Sweetness | 27-Dec-08 at 4:54 pm | Permalink
Crazy stuff. It’s amazin’ what you can do with some good ol paper.
francine | 29-Dec-08 at 10:46 am | Permalink
it looks like macaroni and for that, i like it even more.
Brendan | 30-Dec-08 at 9:16 am | Permalink
I wish had the patience to even consider doing stuff like this. Really awesome work.