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Asya Kozina’s Wearable Paper Sculptures Pay Homage to Traditional Mongolian Fashions

Russian paper-cut artist Asya Kozina recently created an ornate array of white wedding dresses inspired by Mongolian folkloric fashion designs. Though they resemble haute couture, the sculptural outfits are made entirely from paper. The St. Petersburg-based artist described the traditional Mongolian garments as "futuristic." Her versions exaggerate their shapes and emphasize their geometric structure by removing the color. Kozina collaborated with photographer Anastasia Andreeva on a shoot featuring models donning her baroque pieces.

Russian paper-cut artist Asya Kozina recently created an ornate array of white wedding dresses inspired by Mongolian folkloric fashion designs. Though they resemble haute couture, the sculptural outfits are made entirely from paper. The St. Petersburg-based artist described the traditional Mongolian garments as “futuristic.” Her versions exaggerate their shapes and emphasize their geometric structure by removing the color. Kozina collaborated with photographer Anastasia Andreeva on a shoot featuring models donning her baroque pieces.

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Asya Kozina, fashion design, paper cut, paper sculpture

Matthew Monahan, paper sculpture, sculpture

March 4, 2019

Matthew Monahan uses materials like paper to craft decidedly human and vulnerable sculptures. The artist’s entire practice uses a variety of materials. What carries through in each of his works is his penchant for conveying people in unexpected ways.

Masaya Kushino Explores Transformation Through Sculptural Shoes

fashion design, Masaya Kushino, sculpture

December 31, 2014

Japanese fashion designer Masaya Kushino expresses his surrealist imagination through his sculptural footwear. His recent shoe-sculpture series, "Bird-Witched," explores the transformation of a tall pump into a feathery creature. The sculpture series is currently on view in the Brooklyn Museum's exhibition, "Killer Heels: The Art of the High-Heeled Shoe." His other recent series, "Reborn," examines the cyclical qualities of nature. With each successive piece in the series, we see a shoe overgrown with plant life wither, wilt, catch fire, and eventually flourish once again.

Lin Tianmiao Brings Her Ethereal Textile Works to Seattle

Chinese Art, fashion design, feminist art, Lin Tianmiao, Photography

January 25, 2015

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Noa Raviv Creates Sculptural Fashion Collection Inspired by 3D Modeling Software

3D-printing, fashion design, Hard Copy, Noa Raviv

September 12, 2014

A recent graduate of the Shenkar College of Design, emerging Israeli fashion designer Noa Raviv has already made waves with the debut of her fashion collection "Hard Copy" — a project that brings cutting-edge architectural and sculptural techniques to haute couture. Raviv worked with 3D printing company Stratasys to develop digital models that would serve as the inspiration for her work. She purposely chose the defective 3D models her software generated — ones that would be too structurally unsound to actually 3D print — to inspire her clothing patterns. The artist says she was interested in the idea of turning something that only exists in the digital realm into a physical object, surpassing the limitations of the 3D printer with the human hand. Dominated by grids that encase organic patterns, the collection articulates humanity's precarious position between nature and technology.

Asya Kozina’s Wearable Paper Sculptures Pay Homage to Traditional Mongolian Fashions

The Paper Sculptures of Matthew Monahan

Masaya Kushino Explores Transformation Through Sculptural Shoes

Lin Tianmiao Brings Her Ethereal Textile Works to Seattle

Noa Raviv Creates Sculptural Fashion Collection Inspired by 3D Modeling Software

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