i’m jealous of francisca prieto
Gasp! I’m a little bit lost for words {which is rare for me}. This is just so beautiful, and oh so meticulous. This work is from the paper-folding series, Between the Folds, by Chilean born, London based artist Francisca Prieto. These sweet little birds are from pages of “A History of British Birds, 1870”, but now they are catalogued in an entirely new way… a delicate origami, tiny hidden window kind of way! LOVE. And there’s so much more where those little birds came from! Francisca folds just about everything – ornamental designs from 1892, British botanicals, some very very old maps:
I already said , Gasp!, right? ♥
Wow. Stunning. Thanks for sharing.
Oh my goodness. What a wonderful mashup of subject matter and technique. Catching my breath, even as I type this. Thanks for sharing.
oh my!
So stunning. Yep, Gasp!
Origami in art. Delicate, precise, craft-heavy, and utterly stunning. I’m jealous, too. 😉
Lyric, delicate and beautiful.
I’m jealous too.
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gorgeous work
Very lovely.
really jealous. so well executed.
so gorgeous. however, as someone who does research, it’s painful to see the original materials being used, especially when digital reproduction is so readily available. reproductions = beautiful work and original materials still available for research.
This is so, so beautiful. Does anyone know what type of origami this is called?
Beautiful! When I googled found this – looks like a piece of hers is for sale here – http://artsale.strikingly.com/ but it’s not cheap work!! I guess could still go up a lot if she becomes collectible!
it reads like a cathedral window quilt. They are incredibly time consuming. I can see that the technique is different, but paper! So smart! If only i could just glue my quilts together. I don’t know what’s stopping me?
Beautiful work using simple origami modular. Though the price for her art is rather hefty considering the complexity of the model. Also be careful of posting links, images, and the know how of her work as she claims all copyright for that.