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Friday Night Flicks: Gail Armstrong

Posted on May 6, 2022 by Byopia Press

For the month of May, Friday Night Flicks will feature artists working with paper as a medium, beginning with London-based illustrator Gail Armstrong.     I recommend looking at more of Armstrong’s work this weekend on her Illustrationx page or … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: Lucila Biscione

Posted on April 29, 2022 by Byopia Press

The final papercut artist for April is Lucila Biscione. This short video by Ayoub Benali shows Biscione at work in her studio and teaching a workshop.     I recommend taking a few minutes out of your weekend to take … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: Mia Pearlman

Posted on April 22, 2022 by Byopia Press

Sometimes people start making paper cut art almost by accident. That’s the case with Mia Pearlman and her cut paper cloudscape installations.     There are more of Pearlman’s paper cut works on her website just waiting for you to … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flick: Jacky Cheng

Posted on April 15, 2022 by Byopia Press

Jacky Cheng is one of the artists I follow on Instagram and she is the featured artist in tonight’s flick.     This weekend you could watch more short videos of Cheng’s work, check out her Instagram account, or look … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: Parth Kothekar

Posted on April 8, 2022 by Byopia Press

These short videos by Parth Kothekar attracted me for two reasons: the speeding up of the cutting process has not been done to the point of inducing nausea in the viewer, and each set of finished papercuts creates a stop … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: Josefina Hernandez

Posted on April 1, 2022 by Byopia Press

Friday Night Flicks in April will feature paper cutting.  This short video by student film maker Felicia Sobhani shows Josefina Hernandez at work. From the text on Vimeo: Josefina Hernandez is a New York based artist. She obtained her Honours … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: Bucharbeiten/Book-Art — Christine Litke

Posted on January 7, 2022 by Byopia Press

Tonight’s flick is longer than I usually post, but you can look at it in sections. German book artist Christine Litke shows some of her favourite books, and although the artist’s narration is in German, I think the books speak … Continue reading →

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Byopia Press Advent Calendar 2021: Day Seven and Accordions with Cuts

Posted on December 7, 2021 by Byopia Press

One of the simplest ways to alter the surface of an accordion is to make cuts in it. This permits sections to be reverse folded, creating little pop-ups (or pop-downs). The one below shows areas folded both to the back … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: Deep Time

Posted on September 24, 2021 by Byopia Press

Today’s flick features an artist’s book by Radha Pandy. The ‘book’ itself is a series of dyed single sheets with papercuts and drawn topographic maps.     Perhaps you will spend some time this weekend thinking about erosion, sedimentation, and … Continue reading →

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Make Your Own Pocket/Hedi Kyle Panorama Book: Part Two

Posted on August 29, 2021 by Byopia Press

Last week I posted instructions for a model of a book structure that combines a pocket/modular accordion book with the panels from Hedi Kyle’s Panorama Book. This week’s post shows you how to make two projects based on that structure: … Continue reading →

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