Calvin Nicholls has been working with paper for over 25 years, painstakingly cutting and texturing paper into beautiful paper sculptures unlike anything I’ve ever seen before! The Canadian artist’s favorite subjects are animals. From birds to dogs and monkeys to bears, Calvin methodically researches their anatomical shapes before creating his three-dimensional art pieces that literally leap out of their frames! He uses X-Acto knives, scalpels and archive paper to create the lifelike textures and shapes. In Japan, paper art such as Calvin’s is called ‘kirigami’ a variation on origami that also involves cutting of the paper. Take a look at some of his fantastic paper sculptures in the pictures below!
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This beautiful piece was auctioned off for charity.
It’s surprising how large the art is!
The way he cuts the paper makes the feathers and fur look real!
A small (9×12) but fun piece commissioned by a client is just finished and ready for framing. Haven't done colour accents recently apart from this one but rather enjoyed it.
Posted by Calvin Nicholls Paper Sculpture on Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Here is a grizzly bear in progress.
Grizzzzz taking shape
Posted by Calvin Nicholls Paper Sculpture on Thursday, March 28, 2013
And the end result!
This monkey looks like a photograph!
Posted by Calvin Nicholls Paper Sculpture on Sunday, November 25, 2012
A beautiful dog!
Posted by Calvin Nicholls Paper Sculpture on Monday, January 26, 2015
A road runner…
"Road runner….the coyote's after you!"
Crated up and headed south to New MexicoPosted by Calvin Nicholls Paper Sculpture on Monday, February 10, 2014
Multiple cats.
I forgot to post the purrrrrsians. This was a great lot of fun coaxing these guys into poses but my friends in Fort Worth Texas pulled it off making my work so much easier!
Posted by Calvin Nicholls Paper Sculpture on Wednesday, November 6, 2013
A gold fish.
Fish out of water! – time to jump back into the deep end – lily pads for Koi then back to the mountain scene
Posted by Calvin Nicholls Paper Sculpture on Sunday, May 19, 2013
German Short Hair Pointers.
Had some fun with this quick little piece of two German Short Hair pointers
Posted by Calvin Nicholls Paper Sculpture on Thursday, May 29, 2014
A little owl in progress. “Almost ready to take flight.”
Little Owl almost ready to take flight…
Posted by Calvin Nicholls Paper Sculpture on Saturday, January 4, 2014
Here he is finished.
Posted by Calvin Nicholls Paper Sculpture on Saturday, January 4, 2014
A lovely fox.
Calvin hard at work on a commissioned piece titled Greater Birds of Paradise.
I received word today that my latest large commissioned paper sculpture titled Greater Birds of Paradise, has been…
Posted by Calvin Nicholls Paper Sculpture on Thursday, May 8, 2014
Below is a time-lapse video below shows Calvin at work and how he achieves these amazing results!
Calvin’s work is amazing! If you think so too, share his artwork with your friends!
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