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lorenzo duran leaf art



'ciervos' cutaway leaf art by lorenzo duran


spanish artist lorenzo duran uses leaves as the canvas for his cutaway art. after washing and drying the leaf,
he carefully cuts away segments in a technique akin to those of traditional spanish picado, chinese jianzhi,
german scherenschnitte, or swiss papercutting.



















'hada'








via my modern met

jenny db
07.14.11  
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stunning!
kent gration   07.15.11
amazing
tony   07.15.11
Poetic, beautiful, excellent! Great techniques, so delicate... wow!!
Dario   07.15.11
so much cheesy kitsch
nicey   07.15.11
No nice, nicey -- mostly beautiful stuff, especially the patterns and designs. And the heartbreaking tree of the same species as the leaf. Ah, the ephemeral nature of true art, the art so rarely made of true nature.
Mort d'Urban   07.15.11
M F BEAUTIFUL
MODERNDESIGN2120   07.15.11
These are lovely, and I am just thinking about how DIFFICULT it must be to make such fine and close-together cuts in a leaf! Try even cutting a straight line in a leaf when it's dried-- it splinters everywhere! A little less I guess when they are stored in a book or something to dry so flat, which he must be doing, but still....! I love the designs but even just for the technical skill this is incredible. I wonder if there is something special in his drying process he does, there must be?
aria   07.15.11
The "cheesy kitsch", lowbrow art movement has taken over the spaces where that high hat stuff used to hang, all stiff & dull & dead to the senses. I'm happy to be delighted and not bored, moved in deeper ways than intellectual.
IntuitiveIkey   07.15.11
How can one purchase these pieces of art?

pitasdad@msn.com
Larry Cox   07.16.11
It's awesome.. he could have used lazer cutting as a technique to get neat and sharp cuts.
Sid   07.16.11
Artesano...
Cheli   07.18.11
You are incredible! Saw your connection to GoCarrGo. Good luck!
Ruthanne F.Bauerle fcimagesllc@gmail.com   07.19.11
GASP! This is cool! :D
hael81   07.20.11
Amazing Art..!!
-Rachana
Rachana Saurabh   07.20.11
gorjours
boongboongc   07.20.11
To Nice´s acid comment... can you draw an "o" with a glass?
Lilix   07.21.11

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