Inspirations



I have always loved History, Literature and Art.........................................................................................................
beautiful things, the stuff of dreams..................................................

flowers, butterflies, fairy tales, embroidered fragments, Chinese blues, Botticelli angels, Blake's visions, Burne-Jones pictures............................................................................................

amongst many other hints and wisps of the past..........................

to catch in my net and weave into mydesigns..................

which I hope others might find as beautiful as their inspirations.

Wednesday 13 July 2011

Suhail Shaikh-paper shaper....

Suhail was one of the winners of Isabelle de Borchgraves lovely competition. He submitted a beautiful dragonfly ring, made out of paper-based on model plane making techniques.

Suhail has just started a blog showing some of his new paper cut designs following themes,;such as 'Earth','Air' and 'Water'.  It is well worth taking a look at his wonderful paper creations.  Some are realistic, being based on natural objects such as fish, dragon flies, birds and , more unusually, a praying mantis!  He has also produced a series of much more abstract designs; based on simple shapes and also aeroplane parts, for example  propellers.  The designs are all beautifully photographed, as well as being described in a very lyrical/poetic way by Suhail. He has already had over 1000 visitors since he set it up this month-quite an achievement!

You can see his very interesting work on his blog which is;   papermywishes.blogspot.com

2 comments:

  1. Hello Anne,

    I'm most touched to see a write up on me on your blog. Thank you! I wanted to include a link to your blog on mine and have done it. I hope you don't mind! It's a privilege for me!

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  2. It is my pleasure to have given other people, who may not have seen Isabelle's competition,the opportunity to see your lovely work! :-) I am similarly touched that you should include a link to my blog-especially as I was SO upset and worried when I was told I had to produce a blog for my degree!!!! Sorry about the typo's though, However hard I try they manage to creep in without me noticing :-(
    Keep up the good work....looking forward to seeing more beautiful paper shapes very soon.....

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