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  1. Swell Things No. 13

    March 31, 2014 by Erin Fletcher

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    1. After a successful Indiegogo campaign, artist Sipho Mabona was able to construct a life-sized origami elephant from a single sheet of paper. The elephant is beautiful and quite impressive, but I’m a bit skeptical about its construction from a single sheet of paper. 
    2. I am both entranced and repulsed by these paintings from artist Lauren Roche
    3. I am always impressed by the meticulous work and patience needed to construct an object, animal or whatever out of paper. New paper illustrations from the French duo Lucie Thomas and Thibault Zimmermann aka Zim&Zou are just beautiful and brilliant. 
    4. Last year at the Venice Art Biennale, artist Odires Mlászho put on an exhibit of sculptures that really tested the flexibility of the book as an object. Each sculpture is constructed of at least two books that have been contorted into beautiful and unusual shapes by interweaving the book’s pages and covers. 
    5. I bet he’s just saving those Flaming Hot Cheetos for later. In an ongoing series called Will It Beard, photographer Stacy Thiot tests the lodging capabilities of her husband’s beard by sticking as many objects that can fit within his tangled facial hair. 

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    6. Marjory’s World I is just a beautiful and peaceful photographic series from artist Rebecca Reeve.
    7. A German manuscript from the 1530s contains illustrations and text about the use of ‘Rocket Cat‘. Unfortunately, it’s not as cool as it sounds. Cats were nabbed off the streets and strapped with an explosive sack. After the sack was ignited, the cat was set loose in the hopes that it would run and hide behind the walls of an enemy’s fortress. I bet that plan didn’t work very well. 
    8. After cutting out images from over 700 discarded books on the subjects of flora and fauna, artist Andrea Mastrovito began the task of collaging each piece for the installation. The Island of Dr. Mastrovito II includes a ceiling consumed by bats, while butterflies cascade up the wall in a frenzy, the base of the installation is filled with various mammals, insects and plants. Quite an impressive installation. 
    9. These whimsical dioramas are not animated scenes, but layers of precisely cut watercolor paper lit with various flexible LED lights. Hari & Deepti are the artist couple behind these fantastic pieces. 
    10. Sophie Blackall has been illustrating the online listings put forth by lovelorn strangers hoping to reconnect known as Missed Connections. She’s even published a book of the illustrations, which are beautiful and lovely and endearing. 


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