A moment in time captured from single sheet of paper, precision knife and passionate patience

The artist Pippa Dyrlaga from Yorkshire, England, cuts out extraordinary images from single sheets of paper. She mostly works with really thin Japanese washi paper and loves to cut out birds, since images of birds will always look like a moment frozen in time, and she wants to capture that in her work. Her delicate paper art has caught attention from all over the world, with exhibitions in metropoles like New York and Tokyo as a result

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As well as nature, pippa draws inspiration from greek mythology to create motifs, as can be seen in her piece ‘psychopomp’, which takes its name from the mythical figure who guides souls to the place of the death.

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I feel the weight of the history of paper, and the responsibility of one of the most common materials between us has, no matter who we are. It is important to every culture in different forms. And it is accessible to everyone too, from printer paper to the nicest Japanese handmade papers. Each paper has its own qualities that make it good for different tasks, Pippa said.

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Each one of her intricate creations is made from a single sheet of paper, a precision knife, and hours of patient work. Before the artist puts knife to paper, she draws a loose outline of the design in pencil. Then, Dyrlaga cuts spontaneous details in the paper—working in sections to slowly build up the complexity of the image. Lastly, since everything is drawn in reverse, the artist flips over the cut-out to reveal the “clean” side of the finished artwork.

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A moment in time captured from single sheet of paper, precision knife and passionate patience

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