25 Amazing Papercut Artists
Today Design*Sponge is almost entirely devoted to paper crafts. Coming up, we’ve got two interviews with artists who specialize in the classic paper techniques of marbling and paper cutting, as well as two paper-based DIY projects, a roundup of marbled design goods and an in-depth look at the history of marbling. To kick things off, I thought I’d share 25 of my favorite artists who create incredible cut paper designs. I narrowed this list to 25, but my full Pinterest research board (I love using those secret boards for my initial research) of 40+ papercut designs is right here if you need a little more inspiration. xo, grace
Image above by Elsa Mora
More papercut designs after the jump . . .
Amy Flurry and Nikki Nye of Paper-Cut-Project
*Stay tuned for an interview with Jonathan next!
Suzy Taylor (Etsy Shop here)
Naomi of Woodland Papercuts (Etsy shop here)
Emily of Bird Mafia
Sarah Dennis is definitely my favourite! her recent piece with the flamingos is simply stunning
Good enough to be exhibited in a museum and to be collected! WOW!!
Really great to see a feature on papercut artwork. Some new artists I am not so familiar with too. I agree with those who’ve mentioned Su Blackwell. I’m also a fan of Emily Hogarth’s work. I also love a bit of paper cutting myself- have a look at my blog http://www.clarekellypapercuts.blogspot.com
A really great group of papercut artists! Their work is truly inspiring and the varying types of work in the cut paper medium is exciting. Have you seen Gestalten’s ‘Papercraft’ and ‘Papercraft II’ books? There are so many artists revolutionizing the medium!
Absolutely wonderful. I also make Papercut art and I love that people are innovating and reimagining new techniques for this medium. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/onlypaper/no-paint-no-ink-only-paper-art-in-the-smithsonian
You guys should check out Greg Tinsky. He is a papercut artist who has a funding project on kickstarter http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/onlypaper/no-paint-no-ink-only-paper-art-in-the-smithsonian.
WOW I love everything!
Please check my papercutsongs shop :)
look up marianne vogler and tami komai in internet to see works that are exciting and different than what you show here. Both reside near Basel,Switzerland .
Thanks for your list I LOVE paper cut art.. I think Nahoko Kojima is leading the contemporary side of paper cut sculpture right now. Her Cloud Leopard at the Saatchi Gallery last year was groundbreaking!
http://www.solokojima.com/nkojima-documentry-2013/
Wow! Wow!! Wow!!! This is the first time I’m hearing about paper art but I’m hooked already. How and where can I learn to do this? Gosh!
I am so overwhelmed by the number of amazing artists in the paper cutting world.
I met Nahoko Kojima a few weeks ago and signed up for her workshop after I viewed her work in person and now I’m addicted. I didn’t realise there was such a large community of paper cutters in existence. Thank you everyone for sharing your favourites, I will look them all up.
My favourite paper cutter is still Naho. She has a new work exhibiting next month in London if you haven’t seen her work. Keep your eyes peeled for this one.
Heather Clements has some pretty outstanding work as well. Here is her flickr, which has some of her other work besides her paper cuts. It’s gorgeous.
Absolutely amazing collection. I would love to learn this art and will be extremely delighted if anyone could teach me. I live in Chennai, India. Even online classes are fine. Classes in person would be excellent. Thank you in advance.
Love these! I try to ‘draw’ but in papercut . I use laser cutting and I would be interested in hearing comments re relative merits of hand v laser:
I actually prefer the lines – not as angular. and means I can offer personalisation :each customised papercut can be produced as an original but not as expensive as a hand-cut original. Villages, towns, iconic historical figures, Rabbie Burns CR Mackintosh. Keep cutting – or lasering!:)
One day….one day I’ll figure out how to get my images off Facebook and onto Google ;) Nice to see some of my friends included here!
Paper Panda xx
Miriam Dion is missing from this list! http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/10/cut-lace-newspapers-myriam-dion/
Wow! fantastic skills. Another favorite of mine is http://www.paperpetal.co.uk
I love the work shown here! Please check out some of my paper cuts at http://www.juliefriedmanart.net
Emma Boyes (FB) does amazing custom designs!
very beautiful & interesting !!!!!!!
amazing!
Beautiful & amazing !
Thank you so much for including me with this amazing group of artists. I want to comment briefly on laser vs. hand cutting. I prefer doing my work by hand, because the little over-cuts that result keep the work from being perfect- and although cutting patterns is repetitive work, it becomes my own mark, not from a computer file. That being said, I’ve experimented with doing some stuff by laser too- as it enables me to make many works from the same pattern. There are things the laser can do that I can’t- like very tiny text for instance. When I’m cutting the newspaper pages, I’m always thinking about what to leave and what to cut away.
hi, i just love these designs.i also want to create some.i never tried this type of art till now.but now i am gonna try this.thank all of you to inspire me.
I can’t believe you forgot Paper panda! She is amazing! Glad to see you got Suzy Taylor in there though, finest british art :)
Aww I can’t believe Benja Harney didn’t make the list!
He’s worked for everyone from Hermes to Adidas, Harper’s Bazaar to Kylie Minogue!
http://jackywinter.com/artists/benja-harney/
Amazing!!! I’m only aware of the beautiful works of Mr. Yen, Rob Ryan, Elsa Mora and Yulia Brodskaya in the field of paper cutting. Thank you so much for introducing us to more awesome papercut artists. Truly inspiring! :)
I found a framed paper cutting of two rabbits and a radish, very similar to the owl pictured above. There is a green oval that I assume is the artists signature in Chinese. It was interpreted to be “Ore-ki”. Any info would be appreciated. It has VIII on the back.
Also missing from here is Shanti Grumbine:
http://shantigrumbine.com/section/393944_Kenosis.html
She
http://www.sarahsteinwachs.com/Resources/jellycropa.jpeg
Check out the amazing work of Sarah Steinwachs too. It is truly incredible. She is an artist and a design professor in Philadelphia.
Andy Smetanka is incredible and works creating silhouette animation. He has a new project he is working on that will be as fantastic as all of his work – https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1486916197/a-place-sort-of
Love this post! Cut paper is a seriously under-rated craft and artform, so glad to see it get some special lovin’!
Great collection, and lovely to see two of my friends up there. Must pass this on.
Thanks for sharing..
Lorrie x
Here’s another lovely artist from New Zealand! http://lonniehutchinson.com/
Fabulous collection! I also love Sarah TRunbauer’s work. I also paper cut and have a blog http://www.the singing tree.biz
Great collection but missing Sharyn Sowell, and Emma Van Leest.
WOW!!! Amazing work I’ve never seen such intricut work.
I am missing Marthe “Whispering Paper”. She creates truly amazing paper cuts on commission basis.
http://www.whisperingpaper.com
and on Etsy
https://www.etsy.com/shop/WhisperingPaper
There are so many great paper artists out there but where do we start to get commissions for this type of illustration? If it isn’t created on a computer most companies don’t want to know. I’d like help with this if anyone could check out my papercuts. I layer the paper as if it were paint to create detailed illustrations on second inspection. cargocollective.com/ChantelleBell
Hello
I love it all works!!! this is my work .
http://www.nopalfamily.com
I love the brilliance of paper engineers and artists, it’s an amazing skill to possess. A wonderfully curated assemblage of inspiration here. I too use my secret Pinterest boards for initial research and concepts. I have a paper engineering board that all of your images are going into, feel free to forage o=from mine as well https://www.pinterest.com/garrottdesigns/paper-engineering/
Thank you for a wonderful series of posts. –GarrottDesigns
Lovely collection of papercut artists, I originally found papercutting through Paper Panda , whom I’m surprised is not on your list, http://www.paperpandacuts.co.uk. I am also aware of Suzy Taylor, Sarah Dennis and Peter Callesen. Lovely to see so many others though too.
Really wonderful Creativity awesome collection you have.
I am so overwhelmed by the number of amazing artists in the paper cutting world.
Really great job of all paper artists really I salute.
I found a wonderful artist. Special Jewish art .
https://www.etsy.com/il-en/shop/DavidFisherArt?ref=l2-shopheader-nameChromeHTML.2MCCS3JDXS42FG7YXXFA535YNY\Shell\Open\Command
I was just wondering if you can cut some patterns out please if I provide the colour patterned paper or give me a name of someone who can. Thank you.
I love all of these works. I m also trying some
I really like all this type of work, they are true works of art, but the prices of some are out of my budget. (I know I could get a laser cut piece, but that doesn’t showcase any skill)
I recently bought a hand cut piece from a young lady from north Wales, the time it must have taken her to complete against what she charged was truly great value, perhaps in years to come, she may also make this list;
Cheryl Edwards of http://www.littlelostfox.co.uk
If anyone is looking for a good quality bespoke piece at a sensible price, you may do worst than give her a call.