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The Craft Stories Colossal Readers Loved Most in 2022

We're wrapping up 2022 and revisiting some of the craft projects we wrote about this year. From a 2,000-year-old Roman glass bowl to a menagerie of paper bats, the stories Colossal readers loved most are diverse in medium and subject matter and show a vast array of creativity around the globe. If you want even more of 2022's highlights, check out the top art stories and our favorite books of the year. You can also dive into the Colossal archive.   Archeologists Unearth a Roman Glass Bowl Dating Back 2,000 Years in…

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A Collection of Paper Sculptures Studies the Wild Diversity of 88 Different Bat Species

Evoking the biological illustrations of Ernst Haeckel (previously) and photographic portraits of Merlin Tuttle, an ongoing project explores the incredible diversity of bats through geometric paper sculptures. Juan Nicolás Elizalde, who is half of the creative team behind the Buenos Aires-based studio Guardabosques (previously), began the series in 2019 after discovering variances in the animals' ear shapes, fur patterns, and other distinctive characteristics. He's since crafted 88 different species with scored and folded paper and is currently in the process of photographing each piece, from the wide-eyed flying fox…

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Art Craft

A New Book Highlights an Eclectic Collection of Paper Works by 24 Artists Defining the Medium

A celebration of contemporary paper art, a new book gathers a wide-ranging collection of collages, quilled portraits, and intricately cut landscapes from 24 artists and studios around the globe. Published by Gingko Press, Paperists: Infinite Possibilities in Paper Art spans 256 pages that explore the unexpected ways the medium is used today and features work from a slew of artists featured on Colossal, including Estudio Guardabosques (previously), Makerie Studio (previously), Yulia Brodskaya (previously), and Zim & Zou (previously), to name a few. Grab a copy of the…

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A Paper Monster Named Musgor Inhabits a Future World in ‘Urban Mutations’

Musgor, an angular green monster, roams a futuristic paper world in "Urban Mutations." The exhibit, which originally was on view at the Museo del Humor in Buenos Aires in November 2018, showcased work from 17 artists—including Estudio Guardabosques (previously), a Buenos Aires design studio by Caro Silvero and Juan Elizalde. The artists reinterpreted historical components of La Plata and presented them in futuristic terms. The series depicts Musgor, its world of origin, and a few of the fictional space's other creatures, including a beetle whose face appears on its body and a ten-legged insect that resembles a leaf. With a…

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Craft Design

New Geometric Paper Cats and Other Creatures by Estudio Guardabosques

Estudio Guardabosques (previously) is a Buenos Aires-based design and illustration studio consisting of Carolina Silvero and Juan Nicolás Elizalde. The duo create a wide range of paper objects for editorial, artistic, and personal experimentation, each infused with geometric flair and a cheeky sense of humor. Seen here are a number of projects from the last year or so including an installation titled Gatos Furiosos featuring a group of ambivalent felines as they destroy an entire city that was built for the Furious Drawing Festival. You can see more of Estudio Guardabosques' work on Instagram and Behance.

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Geometric Paper Birds and Animals by Estudio Guardabosques

Feast your eyes on this phenomenal geometric paper sculpting from Estudio Guardabosques, a multidisciplinary design studio out of Buenos Aires, Argentina consisting of Caro Silvero and Juan Elizalde. The duo have collaborated on numerous papercraft projects for both editorial and artistic purposes, much more of which you can see over on Behance. (via Fubiz)

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