Thursday, March 27, 2014

Papercraft: Paper-Cut Light Boxes


Paper-Cut Light Boxes by Hari & Deepti

Deepti Nair and Harikrishnan Panicker (collectively known as Hari & Deepti) are a couple who light boxes from paper.  Panicker is a trained graphic designer and illustrator.  Nair specializes in paper cut art.  Each of the pieces is constructed from layers of watercolor paper inside a shadow box and lit with a flexible LED light strip.  The pieces shown here were exhibited as part of this year's SCOPE NY art show at Black Book Gallery.
"Paper is brutal in its simplicity as a medium. It demands the attention of the artist while it provides the softness they need to mold it in to something beautiful. It is playful, light, colorless and colorful. It is minimal and intricate. It reflects light, creates depth and illusions in a way that it takes the artist through a journey with limitless possibilities.
What amazes us about the paper cut light boxes is the dichotomy of the piece in its lit and unlit state, the contrast is so stark that it has this mystical effect on the viewers."











"Since 2008, AIGA Colorado’s Bordo Bello has been breathing life into the Denver arts community and supporting mentorship programming. Through this skateboard art show, we have seen over 1000 artists show their work in celebration of the Colorado lifestyle – the connection of work, life & fun. This year we took it to New York at the AIGA National Center. Bordo Bello approached us to build a monstrous (pun intended) light box for the window display and we jumped at that opportunity. The result was phenomenal. This is the making of the piece we call - Rise and Skate."

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