paper sculpting

As Halloween approaches, I find myself coveting eerie, avian-inspired paper sculpture from Australian artist Anna-Wili Highfield. Highfield, who studied painting at the National Arts School in Sydney, creates her slightly menacing, otherworldly pieces from archival cotton paper that she paints and stitches together ("I leave the stitches and the threads on the surface; I find it intriguing when you can see how something is made," Highfield says on Yatzer). Go to Anna-Wili Highfield for sourcing information.

Raven
2010
35cm x 80cm x 55cm
Ink, shellac, black archival cotton paper. cotton thread, copper pipe, timber block

Boobook
2010
Ink, watercolours, archival cotton paper, cotton thread, brass rod, timber plinth.
70cm x 80cm x 33cm

House Finch
House Finch
2010
14cmx 15cm x 7cm
ink, water colour, archival cotton paper, cotton thread, brass rod, timber block

Australian Magpie
2010
32cm x 40cm x 17cm
Ink, shellac, archival cotton paper. cotton thread, brass rod, timber block

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