spiral...

The path isn’t a straight line; it’s a spiral.

You continually come back to things you thought you understood and see deeper truths.

— Barry H. Gillespie

Lisa Rodden

peter gentenaar

dutch artist peter gentenaar's ethereal paper sculptures hung inside the abbey church of saint-riquier in france are absolutely beautiful.

via upon a fold

anna wili highfield

sydney based anna wili highfield makes beautiful

sculptures of paper. she only uses thread + a needle-

no glues, no staples and no tape. the birds, the owls,

the pigeons, they look like drawings come to life.

jennifer collier

jennifer collier creates innovative textiles + craft pieces

using natural + found materials. through methods

of weaving, waxing, trapping, embedding + stitching

she creates unusual materials, which are then

developed into garments and accessories.

sabrina meyns

sabrina meyns draws inspiration from the garden,

fascinated by the delicate qualities of seedpods + the

miniature elements that are seeds. plants + flowers

come towards the end of their life cycle their

petals + leaves become fragile + translucent.

she works with a limited palette

of colour + material,

using handmade paper, seeds + fine silver.

maggie hollingworth

maggie hollingworth recycles paper waste- producing a

range of contemporary vessels and sculptural forms

for interior spaces, inspired by primitive artefacts,

archaeology and nature. a limited palette of carefully

selected neutral colour makes shape and

surface quality paramount.

exploring fragility, transience and memory...

clare goddard

clare goddard's kitchen objects bear the marks,

stains and imperfections of everyday use.

paper, wood and thread are manipulated together

to produce utensils that are integral

to the essence of cooking as an art-form.
images 1,2 here 3 here

the card society

the card society's simple mission

of letterpress printing one unique card

every month in a petite (one-time-only) edition.

also found here.

another great portland artist