Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Working with Scissors


The blogging world leads us in so many directions & to so many interesting places.
This week I came across this lovely little film advertently by way of Art Over Dinner.
I love being able to watch Matisse making his famous paper cut outs with
those enormous scissors. It is such a treasure to actually watch the master at work if only for a few moments. Later through a slightly more circuitous route I came across these wonderful little mini sculptures made from tiny cut outs & toilet paper rolls.




I discovered these following a trail of links from one of my favorite blogs, Kickcan & Conkers. Thanks Deborah for sharing so many other wonderful & interesting sites.
I found these unique tiny pieces of art featured both here & here.
According to the artist, Anastssia Elias, hundreds of websites & blogs from different countries have dedicated posts to her cardboard rolls & have led many thousands of visitors to her site. All of this through the marvelous world of the internet.

3 comments:

  1. These tubes are very magical! And thanks for the moment with Matisse.

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  2. These are great Sally........they could be made for little films such as the Quay Brothers make! Anyway thanks for the comments about the sketchbooks.... I love seeing other artists sketchbooks too, they are the pure energy of thought. Oh and I saw that Matisse programme the other night......the presenter was awful but Matisse I love! A favourite of my, especially after reading the two volume biography by Hilary Spurling. I recommend them if you haven't read already :)

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  3. I've seen the toilet roll tube art before - very clever. This video of Matisse gives me goosebumps - wonderful find.
    I've just posted another, funny, paper cut video link today on my blog if you're interested :)

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