Paper Cutting — Working in paper, not on it

I’ve only recently dis­cov­ered the art & beauty of paper cut­ting. There are not many artists work­ing in paper, not on it.

Maud Van­tours is a French artist liv­ing and work­ing in Paris.  She cre­ates these col­or­ful, deep paper cuts both as fine art and as com­mis­sion pieces for a very impres­sive client list.  In her artist state­ment she describes her work as “orig­i­nal graph­ics of mul­ti­col­ored and dream­like landscapes.”

These paper cuts com­bine flat sur­face art with sculp­tural depth.  I love the tex­ture and admire the com­plex­ity of the work.

The com­plex­ity of a rose

A piece for the Prada Parisian show­room.  So dif­fer­ent – sim­ply exquisite.

 

all images from Maud Van­tours web­site