Peter Callesen has got to be the most incredible paper artist I’ve ever seen. What this guy can do with a sheet of paper is incredible. What he can do with more than one sheet is astounding. I’m quite in awe of this guy’s talent.
I’ve admired these before also. Where did the idea ever come from and how would even go about starting it? Amazing.
Beautiful work! I’m bookmarking the page for a longer look later. Thanks.
Thanks so much for the link! Great art. It reminds me a bit of the Mikro Man series by Sam Buxton. The same idea, only made from extremely thin sheet metal.
I bought a few mikro-man sets at the museumstore in the London Science museum for 7 pound each.
Wow, that IS cool.
I’ve never heard of this guy, but thank you for posting this.
Many years ago, I worked in a big hospital which boasted lots of artistic exhibits, and one that they ran for a while around Easter was by an artist (sorry that I don’t remember the name–to both the artist as well as the rest of you) who sculpted eggshells. Everything from small chicken eggs (and probably other small white-shelled birds) to ostriches. He would empty the shells of the contents, and then carve them with intricate perforations and sometimes affix jewels to their surfaces. Not only was the art on the surface facing you, but you could see through the shell to the art on the back side as well. Quite remarkable.
You’re right, Sam Buxton’s work seems to be very similar, if in a different medium. Both mediums though, in the hands of these artists, express a great deal of subtlety and intricacy you just don’t normally find; Peter Callesen can make paper look solid or fluid and delicate, while Sam Buxton can make sheet metal look whispy and paper-like. Very impressive all around.
While we’re talking about incredible art in unusual mediums, I think he was mentioned here before, but Willard Wigan probably takes the cake for the most unbelievably intricate and detailed works of art – that fit on the head of a pin. He works with specks of dust and spends weeks constructing one work, controlling his heartbeat and working in between breaths to keep his hands steady. Absolutely astounding.