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Paper and Shadow

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Marina Talamaska

Marina Talamaska (formerly Adamova) creates beautiful, tiny worlds out of paper and shadow. The artist is also an illustrator and graphic designer, but her paper work really blows me away. Her pieces exhibit a wonderful blending of illustration and paper cutting techniques.

Talamaska likes to make pieces that tell a story. Many of them pull characters from children’s stories, and all of them invite us into another world. Talamaska says her favorite things are “the sharp knife I use, finding secondary meaning in fairytales, and symbolism in illustration.”

You can see all of Marina Talamaska’s magical cut paper art on her website and on Instagram.

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🤗#Repost from @topcreator with @regram.app … Привет, друзья! @talamaskanka и @lectoroom объявляют набор на авторский курс по бумажной пластике. Новичок или опытный, дизайнер или иллюстратор – интересно будет всем. Что внутри? — разбираемся в материалах для бумагопластики; — учимся вырезать смелые и необычные формы; — выполняем собственную большую работу. ⠀ Онлайн-формат обучения в виде лекций и практических заданий: каждую из ваших работ автор курса проверяет лично и записывает подробную рецензию. А видео-лекции для повторения останутся с вами навсегда! Зачем покупать подарки, если можно сделать самому! 😉 Записаться можно уже сейчас! А трем самым решительным подписчикам – скидка 10% по коду TOPPAPER Активная ссылка на курс в описании профиля @lectoroom —– #реклама #курсы #арт #бумага #art #papercutting #tutorial #paperartist #craft #handmade #handcut #creative #inspiration #shoutout

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😘💓repost from @paperartistcollective with @regram.app … Its time for Marina Adamova´s – @talamaskanka – own favorite. As many of our artists Marina tells us: "Each time I have a chance to try something new that exact artwork becomes my fav. So my latest artwork is my favourite one most likely." We love how Marina has used colors in this beautiful piece. Its so balanced yet dynamic. 😍⠀ ⠀ #paperartistcollective#paperart#paperartist#paper#papercut#inspo#inspiration#paperartwork#papercutting#cutfrompaper#marinaadamova#favorite#talamaskanka#russianartist#moscowart#fish#water #handcut #handmade #shoutout #artfido #topcreator #papersculpture #illustration #instaart #talnts #kirigami #kirigamifun #artweinspire #LGenPaper

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Водолеям привет!;) Совершенно неожиданный день сегодня: наткнулась на репортаж "идущие к чёрту" -г-ну Соболеву респект🙄,сделал мой день, напридумывала всяких планов и проектов, и затемпературила под финал дня. Ну ничего, прорвемся!:) а как у Вас? Aquarius time!✌😀 #art #paper #papercutting #paperart #papercraft #paperartist #artwork #details #handcut #handmade #crafts #kirigami #shoutout #artfido #topcreator #paperartistcollective #creative #inspiration #artweinspire #mondi #pergraphica #artsy #talnts #white #paperhoroscope #horoscope #Aquarius #instaart #topartist #strictlypaperart

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Author: Donna from MyOBT

I have committed to spending part of every day looking for at least one beautiful thing, and sharing what I find with you lovelies!

16 thoughts on “Paper and Shadow”

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  1. acflory
    August 3, 2020 at 6:14 am

    Love these. I was watching a gardening program about Japan and the presenter explained that for the Japanese designers, absence of something is as important as what’s actually there. Can’t remember the term but these lovely paper art pieces remind me of that ‘absence’.

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  2. loisajay
    August 3, 2020 at 7:40 am

    That tiny orange dress….!

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  3. bcparkison
    August 3, 2020 at 8:09 am

    Nice work. Love the garden.

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  4. janhaltn
    August 3, 2020 at 9:45 am

    I really like a few of them, the rest I can pass on. The one of the house in the woods is my favorite — Hal

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  5. Laura (PA Pict)
    August 3, 2020 at 11:36 am

    I love these! They are just the right side of whimsical for me. I think the subject matter suits the medium really well too. I am especially drawn to the pieces that are mostly white because I like seeing the way the layering plays with the light and shadow.

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  6. Jennifer Stacey
    August 13, 2020 at 10:59 pm

    Beautiful pieces! I love seeing how Paper creates its own color shadows with the play on light. I experiment with that,too and I know I still have a lot to learn.

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