Peter Callesen

I came across this guy from somebody else's post. It's really taken me back to when I was younger and cut out snowflakes from paper. I loved opening the paper up after cutting it to find out what sort of pattern you have made!

It strikes me that such awesome shapes and figures can be made from a simple sheet of paper.



Some of the works e.g. the birds escaping, remind me of M.C. Escher's work where you are faced with something which isnt real but it's coming to life. The art is jumping out from the paper, it's trying to escape or is about to. There is a sense of reality.




His practise is precise and there is a lot of attention to detail, e.g. 'the other side' (door) where on one side the foot prints have been cut out and placed on the other side.



I am also posting what looks like a sheet of paper. I didn't quite get this one at first ; it almost looks like a cop out in comparison to the others but actually very clever, in my opinion. The piece cut out is a sandcastle on the beach and the curl in the paper is a wave! So simple but brilliant at the same time!