Masters carving on paper and their masterpieces

Figure cut out of paper - the traditional Chinese art, the first mention of which date back to the VI century BC. But now, this kind of art is very popular throughout the world. We collected the best carvers work on paper. These people - the real wizards, able to transform an ordinary piece of paper into a work of art. They can cut the ornate clock line, watching from an ordinary sheet of paper appears incredible beauty.

Kiri Ken (Kiri Ken)

Japanese artist Ken Kiri, whose pseudonym means "Cutting Sword", creates an incredibly graceful works of art out of paper.

Some of his works are so finely carved and painstakingly, it seems, is the soaring creatures. The talented Japanese prefer to cut paper marine life or expressive portraits. Undoubtedly, his work inspired by the miniatures, painted in ink and in thin lines guess graphically equipment. To create their exquisite works of Japanese uses a special knife X-ACTO and special paper Ehime Paper.

(Rogan Brown) Rogan Brown

is known for its filigree work in the form of paper microorganisms, Irish artist Rogan Brown uses the "prism of the imagination" to create amazing works of art. Creation Rogan Brown's different is that it is not just a fanciful patterns and peculiar interpretation of the world. He creates his intricate "lace" the author, for the most part, hands, carving turn after turn. And only occasionally applies the laser cutting paper. The artist draws inspiration from everywhere: from the shape of cells under a microscope to large-scale geological structures.

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Heather Taylor (Suzy Taylor)

The talented British artist Susie Taylor of Hertfordshire create stunning works of art from the detailed paper, drawing inspiration from his love of folk-art and floral motifs. And she cuts by hand. Suzy is so fascinated her job that she can spend hours concentrated cut florid lines, watching from an ordinary sheet of paper appears incredible beauty.

Patrick Cabral (Patrick Cabral)

The Philippine Master Patrick Cabral creates a minimalist 3D-portraits of rare animals. In this paper sculpture is just his hobby, Patrick worked as a programmer and web animator. A spare time creates a three-dimensional paper portraits animals decorated fine lacy abstract patterns. In the words of Patrick, so he wants to draw people's attention to how fragile this world.

Dirlaga Pippa (Pippa Dyrlaga)

The artist from Yorkshire Pippa Dirlaga with pinpoint accuracy turns paper into works of art. Her creations are inspired by nature, animals, architecture, pop culture and terrain, where the artist lives. According Dirlagi, she works in the traditional technique, using a scalpel and a pencil. One stencil usually takes one sheet of paper.

Hina Aoyama (Hina Aoyama)

The Japanese artist Hina Aoyama was born in Yokohama, but now lives in France. "Ultra-thin lace paper clippings," she became involved in 2000. Hina uses scissors to work exclusively with a jeweler's precision and flawless accuracy cutting lace delicate flowers, text and butterflies. Because of their fragility carvings applied to the fabric or sandwiched between glass, which would save the patterns. To create their wonderful creations from Hina Aoyama takes from a couple of days to many weeks of hard work, depending on the complexity of the conceived sketch.

Part Kotekar (Parth Kothekar)

Indian artist from Ahmedabad, Part Kotekar paper creates miracles. The idea to start cut paper came to him during the experiments with stencils for graffiti, and what began as a hobby turned into a profession. His works are a reflection of aspects of everyday life. The most exciting in this work, as the party says that it is up to the last moment does not know how it will look next masterpiece. And that curiosity is one of the main reasons why it continues to do.

Jo Hong (Yoo Hyun)

Korean artist Jo Hoon cut from a sheet of paper portraits of famous personalities: Pablo Picasso, Audrey Hepburn, Michael Jackson and others. All works Jo Hoon cuts manually using a special paper cutter. Feature of his work is that it cuts out the portraits of "Christmas tree" from which even dazzled. None of these portraits would not be visible on the white, so each of them is represented on a dark background.

Rio (Riu)

An artist from Japan, under the pseudonym Rio perfectly mastered the skill of cutting paper. His work is created using the Japanese stationery knife. At the same time he works in the technique zentangl, ie has no preliminary sketch of the work, and "draw knife" on paper just the way he tells a flight of fancy. The secret of its success the master calls a special sense of rhythm, which helps to create new masterpieces.

Li (Bovey Lee) Bowie

The artist Bovey Lee was born in Hong Kong and now lives and works in Pittsburgh, USA. It creates a wonderfully detailed illustration of a Chinese rice paper and silk, almost weightless work, full of fantastic stories. Creating his works, the artist first made manually translates images into electronic form, then prints them and then proceed to a long and painstaking work with a knife or sharp blade.