Made of Paper

[Pencey]

I am always amazed when I look at this thread. I love the book creations dreamy definatley is the right word.

 

[aqua1]

I came across this design student's website - interesting!

http://www.helenfriel.co.uk/

 

[Tinuviel]

amazing thread! I esp love Kirsten Hassenfeld, Peter Calleson and Polly Verity's work.

 

[gius]

her blog is wonderful ; love her work ~ thank you aqua1

 

[agusco]

gius! congratulations for your graduation (is it already spring there?, here winter is coming). polyester heat-shaping sound greats! Have you already seen issey miyake's projects pleating and shaping polyester?
Talking about miyake i wanted to post this work he's showing at museum 21_21 at tokyo. its' a giant dragon made of knitted craft paper. there are also other amazing works made of paper, like nendo's and koutarou sekiguchi. you can see more here:
http://www.2121designsight.jp/schedule/xxic/works-e.html

no time lately, i'm afraid i will work on it once i graduate in spring! now i'm experimenting with heat-shaping polyesters...

 

[agusco]

Hello Marvystone! Congratulations for your work, it's really nice! do you have a website with more of your works? best!

 

[Marvystone]

Sadly I have no where near as much talent, the artist's website is here: Kyle Bean

 

[agusco]

Oh Marvystone, I was referring to post number 115! I thought it was your work with lasercuts,
best regards

 

[strawberry daiquiri]

cloud lamps

jordyfu.com

 

[nat_0728]

they are all amazing!!!

 

[strawberry daiquiri]

paper dresses by Valerie Hammond

garsonbakerfineart.com

 

[yellowetpink]

That is stunning ^

 

[Marvystone]

RRRIPP!! Paper Fashion
From October 11, 2008 to February 2, 2009

After the Benaki Museum in Athens and before the Fashion Museum in Antwerp and the Museum of Design in London, Mudam presents RRRIPP!! Paper Fashion. This exhibition conceived by ATOPOS, constitutes a research result on paper clothing, a very widespread phenomenon in the United States at the end of the sixties, but little known by the general public. Starting with the historical context, the exhibition is seeking new ways to treat the topic of material and ways of working fabrics, woven or non-woven materials, like paper or similar ones. Presenting various methods to use paper in the fashion of today, it shows design, art and publicity objects, as well as filmed fashion shows and recent creations by some of the most innovating fashion designers like Hiroaki Ohya, Hussein Chalayan or Issey Miyake. Thought in an evolutive manner, the exhibition RRRIPP!! Paper Fashion, proposes, with every new venue its shown, another point of view on the history and the future of the paper material.

The Atopos paper dress collection . Sandra Backlund . Walter Van Beirendonck . Karim Bonnet/Takashi Murakami . Bless . Hugo Boss/James Rosenquist . Sarah Caplan . Jean-Charles de Castelbajac . Michael Cepress . Hussein Chalayan . Ann Demeulemeester . Yiorgos Eleftheriades/Kristina P. . Maurizio Galante . John Galliano . Harry Gordon . Mathew Holloway . Travis Hutchison . Zoe Keramea . Yannis Kyriakides . Bas Kosters . Tao Kurihara pour Comme des Garçons . Helmut Lang . Suzanne Lee . Jean-Paul Lespagnard . Martin Margiela . Irini Miga . Issey Miyake Jum Nakao . Hiroaki Ohya . Angelo Plessas . Dirk Van Saene . Deepak Raja Shrestha . Raf Simons . Reiko Sudo/Nuno . Marcus Tomlinson/Gareth Pugh . Kosuke Tsumura . UEG . A.F. Vandevorst . Junya Watanabe . Robert Wilson . Vassilis Zidianakis.

Curator and exhibition design Vassilis Zidianakis, Artistic Director of Atopos Cultural Organization, Athens. Exhibition design on an original idea by Normal Studio.
Atopos Team Vassilis Zidianakis, Stamos Fafalios, Aristoula Karra, Leonidas Poulopoulos, Myrsini Pichou, Grigoris Kotsiyannis, Fenia Lagiou, Dimitris Papanikolaou, Vasso Fazou.

Touring of the exhibition
Benaki Museum, Athens: 01.03.2007 – 15.04.2007
Mudam Luxembourg: 11/10/2008 02/02/2009
ModeMuseum Province of Antwerp MoMu: 05/03/2009 16/08/2009
Design Museum London: 10/2009 01/2010

Promotional paper dress of Universal Studios with portraits of its stars, USA 1968

Martin Margiela, F/W 97-98

Karim Bonnet/Takashi Murakami, Paper dress for the Impasse de la Defense on a flower pattern by Murakami, 2002

Kosuke Tsumura, Final Home, 1994. Nylon parka with dozens of pockets to fill with paper when the weather gets cold, ATOPOS Collection, Athens

Michael Cepress, Collars for the modern Gentleman with a Yellow Pages dress, 2006. Commissioned by ATOPOS

Hussein Chalayan, Airmail Dress, 1999. Tyvek dress.

the exhibition has extended its scope to the study of the use of paper in the history of garments and in contemporary fashion: paper kimonos of the Edo period in Japan, paper shirts burn with the deads in China, prisoner's of war waistcoat from WW2, made from paper sacksgarments for hygienic and industrial use, early 20th century men's collars, cuffs and ties made of paper as a cheaper alternative to fabric, etc. The exhibition is also displaying samples of paper creations by famous designers, such as John Galliano, Issey Miyake, Hussein Chalayan, Kosuke Tsumura, Walter Van Beirendonck, Ann Demeulemeester and many more. Far from being one-offs to be thrown away, a number of these paper garments can be worn several times thanks to the use of sturdier paper materials such as tyvek, a synthetic paper material.

we-make-money-not-art

 

[strawberry daiquiri]

^ great stuff, thanks for sharing.

 

[beanseal]

I really hope to attend that exhibition! Looks fabulous.

 

[Hanne]

I hope this website hasn't been posted before : http://foldingtrees.com/category/paper-art/ ..there are some very lovely pieces posted..

 

[seanutbutter]

While searching for vintage dresses on eBay, I came across this paper dress from 1966. The story that goes along with it is quite interesting! From eBay:

The dress that started the fad. 1966 Scott Paper Co. The 1st commercial paper dress. This is a smashing a line, red paisley design with one side pocket to the right. This dress was sold by Scott Paper Co in 1966 by sending in $1.00, women could receive Scott's "Paper Caper" dress, and 52 cents worth of coupons for Scott paper towel produces. To the company's surprise they sold over 500,000 dresses, others followed. This dress has original paper that reads - "Your Paper Caper is an all-paper dress and is intended for one time wear only. It is flame resistant, but cleaning or soaking will make the dress flammable when dry."

ebay.com

 

[Rebel Yell]

this thread is so inspirational!! <3

 

[Chrisdesigner]

This thread is just............breathtaking.
Could max my Karma account out, big time.

 

[seanutbutter]

Advertisement for Scott Paper Company's paper dress (as pictured in my previous post) from 1966:


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