papermode

new blog

2009-07-16T18:50:00.000-07:00

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Front Page!

2009-03-18T16:57:00.000-07:00

Our embroidered journals made it to Etsy's front page today! yay!

SALE!!!!

2009-03-13T20:17:00.001-07:00

Papermode is moving to France!!! So we're having a sale before we close for a little bit...

THANK YOU

2009-03-13T20:15:00.001-07:00

amalia versaci

as seen on: Creativeadoration

2009-02-09T11:27:00.000-08:00

These amazing papercuts come from Hina Aoyama, a Japanese artist living in France.

Check out her website for more info!

Wish list

2009-02-03T12:55:00.000-08:00

If anybody feels like buying me anything...

I need your help + Giveaway!

2009-01-23T10:15:00.000-08:00

My heart-embroidered box has been featured in the "How do YOU say Love?" Post on The Storque (Etsy) and I need your help to vote for it so that it can make it to the gift guides!

Vote Now!

I've also been featured in a few blogs this weeks, one of which is offering a GIVEAWAY!! Though you need to be a member of Poshmama to participate in the giveaway (sign up is free and easy!), and can check out the full article at CapitolaGirl

Here are the earrings that are up for grabs:

I also wanted to thank littlebrownpen for featuring my hand-stitched valentine!

littlebrownpen

Thanks so much everyone!!

Hearts Abound

2009-01-21T17:59:00.000-08:00

I'm not a big fan of Valentine's day, but I can't resist these heart-themed pieces by some of my favorite Etsy sellers!

www.amaliaversaci.etsy.com

www.crafterall.etsy.com

www.neawear.etsy.com

www.jenmaestre.etsy.com

www.KellyBaldwinDesign.etsy.com

Etsy treasury

2009-01-17T23:34:00.001-08:00

Check out my newest treasury on Etsy, and all the wonderful artists featured!

featured:

www.kellybaldwindesign.etsy.com

www.paigerussell.etsy.com

www.molecuarmuse.etsy.com

www.jellybeans.etsy.com

www.kalla.etsy.com

www.luludee.etsy.com

www.kpglassjewelry1.etsy.com

www.amaliaversaci.etsy.com

www.neawear.etsy.com

www.crafterall.etsy.com

www.ashleyjewelry.etsy.com

www.suzannaanna.etsy.com

Maria Von Cruchten

2009-01-12T08:51:00.001-08:00

Maria Von Cruchten's "Revalue" collection is a jewelry collection made of re-purposed grocery store coupons! I love both the diversity of how she used the coupons and the awesome patterns they create!

Find out more:

http://www.marionvancruchten.nl

Weekly Roundup

2009-01-09T06:47:00.000-08:00

Find out more about all these great artists in this week's posts!

And don't forget to check out our Etsy store, we just put up a bunch more!

http://www.papermode.etsy.com

Ulrike Hamm

2009-01-09T06:36:00.000-08:00

Ulrike Hamm is an artist from Berlin who makes jewelry from parchment:

Check it out:

http://www.anmut-kuehnheit.de/index_en.htm

As seen on: Folding Trees

2009-01-08T07:55:00.000-08:00

Folding Trees is one of my all-time favorite blogs, and although I'm not a big fan of quilling, Yulia Brodskaya's work caught my eye. Her work has been featured on quite a few design blogs in the past few weeks, and I love it!

See more:

http://foldingtrees.com

http://www.artyulia.com

Kiwon Wang

2009-01-07T10:28:00.000-08:00

Kiwon Wang's paper jewelry is just absolutely stunning!

Find out more at www.kiwanwong.com

Etsy Find: PaperAffection

2009-01-06T06:54:00.000-08:00

I'm always looking for fun paper-based objects (among other things) on Etsy, and I came across PaperAffection's wonderful paper ornaments! Though the holiday season is over, these would look great in any home at any time of the year! I especially like the recycled paper ones...

Visit the store and find out more! www.paperaffection.etsy.com

2009-01-05T08:25:00.000-08:00

While looking for interesting things to post about, I stumbled upon the work of collage artist Peter Clark... I absolutely LOVE his work!!!

In his own words:

"Peter uses a comprehensive collection of found paper as his palette which are coloured, patterned or textured by their printed, written or worn surfaces, with this media he 'paints' his collages. He shades with density of print and creates substance and movement with lines plucked from old maps or manuscripts. His pieces use mark-making in an innovative and humorous way to create a collection of beasts and clothing which exude character and wit."

More of his work can be seen at: www.peterclarkcollage.com

New Year, new resolutions

2009-01-01T12:35:00.000-08:00

Happy new year!!!

With a new year comes new goals, and mine this year is to post here more regularly. A LOT more regularly.

Starting next week, my goal is to post daily about anything paper or design related, with certain days dedicated to the following "columns":
-Etsy-Tuesdays: my favorite finds on Etsy
-Blog-Thursdays: my favourite finds from other blogs

The last post on Fridays will be a round-up of the posts from the week.

So now we just have to see if I can keep up with it....

Check out our Treasury!

2008-11-04T13:20:00.000-08:00

Check out the treasury we created on Etsy!
It features some of our favorite Etsy items!

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=19153

best car commercial!

2008-10-17T07:15:00.000-07:00

taking the handmade pledge

2008-10-17T07:11:00.000-07:00

Paper Dress!

2008-09-18T09:30:00.000-07:00

LOVE this paper dress by Sandra Backlund, who won the French Hyeres Fashion Festival last year.

Papermode store is up!

2008-09-17T07:11:00.000-07:00

We got some new products up in the store! Check out our hand-embroidered boxes and paper earrings! More coming later this week!

PLUS!! To promote our new store and blog, the first ten people who buy anything from our store and mention this blog will get a FREE pair of earrings!

Anthropologie window displays

2008-09-16T05:46:00.000-07:00

I walked by the local Anthropologie store the other day and could not believe their window displays! Big flowers and sculptures all made from old books! Words cannot describe them, so here are pictures (sorry for the bad quality, I only had my phone with me).

Joan Grubin

2008-04-20T11:30:00.000-07:00

Joan Grubin's work is a combination of painting, sculpture, and installation. I love her manipulation of color! She says:

"My work is a hybrid combining painting, sculpture,
and installation. I work with color and light, using
acrylic on paper, and the phenomena of reflected
color on the wall. Each piece is an interaction between
painted paper elements pinned out from the wall, and
the color cast on the wall by unseen fluorescent paint
on the back of the paper, which implicates the wall and
the surrounding space in the piece.

These floating paintings exist in the gap between
painting and object. Subtle manipulation of color
relationships between the frontal plane and the colored
glow on the wall causes an optical disorientation, which
raises questions about the discrepancy between what
we see and what we know. Part of the meaning of
my current work resides in the tension created between
maximum optical energy and minimal physical materiality."

-JENN

Hunt Rettig

2008-04-07T14:19:00.000-07:00

Hunt Rettig makes sculptures out of film and paper. Here are some samples of his work:

ABC3D

2008-03-26T23:28:00.003-07:00

Marion Bataille is an amazing book artist. This video is actually just a mock up, the real thing is due to be published in October 2008.

Organic Abstracts

2008-03-11T05:55:00.000-07:00

Paul Jackson has been making these organic sculptures since the 1990s, and still continues to make them today. He has a collection of over 250 pieces. His sculptures are inspired by bacteria, shells, and seed heads. The paper is colored with charcoal and dry pastel and then sealed to create a matte surface.

-JENN

Favorite paper clothes

2008-02-26T17:47:00.000-08:00

Unknown artist

Edward Maeder

Unknown Artist

Robert Ryan

Susan Stockwell

Jackie Abrams

2008-02-26T09:30:00.000-08:00

Jackie Abrams has been one of my favorite paper basket artists for a long time. She makes her baskets out of heavy watercolor paper which she paints herself. She has been making baskets sine 1975.

-JENN

Studio C'ai Lun

2008-02-20T17:53:00.000-08:00

Dennis Yuen has been making books since he was a little kid. Yuen practices coptic, long stitch, stab, pamphlet and flat-back binding. Although he usually offers a new variation to these traditional techniques. I absolutely love his journals! My favorite is the gold one. He sells them through greenjeans and occasionally through his etsy store.

Here are even more pictures of his journals.

-JENN

Video by Jen Stark

2008-02-19T20:19:00.000-08:00

Really cool video by Jen Stark, sort of like a dynamic representation of one of her sculptures.

Love it!

Foldschool

2008-02-15T09:31:00.000-08:00

Foldschool provides D.I.Y. cardboard furniture kits for kids! You can download the patterns right from your computer. I love the philosophy behind the product:

"Mass culture is run by superficiality and ecological absurdity. Foldschool supports craftsmanship as a face-to-face approach to design and brings together product and user the closest possible.
The mindset of foldschool is to restore design to one of its original missions: to provide a product at an affordable price through a smart manufacturing process."

Great idea! I really appreciate their mission.

-JENN

Happy Valentine's day!

2008-02-14T13:40:00.000-08:00

Some cute cut-paper valentines from www.katespade.info

Letterpress printing

2008-02-13T15:46:00.000-08:00

Cool video about letterpress printing...

-camille

Jill Sylvia

2008-02-13T15:11:00.000-08:00

Jill Sylvia (on whom I cannot find more information...) cuts the cells out of ledger paper, making the paper into delicate lace. After hand-cutting the cells out of the grid, she uses the cells by gluing them down to a bigger piece of paper.

Hot Printing!

2008-02-13T14:23:00.000-08:00

This wintersession I had an awesome time TA-ing for Elana Wetzner's Hot Printing class! Everyone made really beautiful things. Today was the last day, and here are the student's results:

Come see the show!! Feb 21 - Mar 6

Class shot (with Elana- front far right)

Elana's goodies

-JENN

Ingrid Siliakus

2008-02-08T10:37:00.000-08:00

Ingrid Siliakus makes amazing abstract, pop up, fold out, paper architure! She has studied paper architecture for a long time and has been creating these intrcate sculptures since the '80s. For me, it looks like pop-up book meets Gaudi. I've always admired paper architecture artists, but most of it has a similar style. Ingrid offers a new interpretation of the art, and I love it!

-JENN

Jen Stark

2008-02-07T05:45:00.000-08:00

Jen Stark makes beautiful paper sculptures! She went to France to study for a semester and bought the cheapest thing she could find- construction paper- and began to experiment with it. There are up to 80 layers in a single sculpture! She cuts each layer one by one using an X-acto and then she assembles the pieces.

My favorite is the leaf cut. She was inspired by the idea of a leaf turning into a skeleton over time. So intricate!

-JENN

Launch!

2008-02-03T13:29:00.000-08:00

Hello! Welcome to papermode, the beginning of paper fashion! Papermode is a Rhode Island-based company available for stationary and design services and we also sell hand-crafted items like embroidered boxes, paper jewelry, and handmade journals. Check out our etsy store! Papermode has big dreams but will start with a blog and an etsy account for now. Our blog will consist manily of paper-related projects and inspirations. Please check back often, we will be updating frequently!

Thank you for checking us out!
-Camille and Jenn