Friday Favorite: Stephanie Beck

1/6/2012

Detail, Dencity

This Friday’s Feature artist is Stephanie Beck!
Her cut paper projects are extraordinary!

From her artist statement:
I am inspired by images of archaeological sites, architectural
history, aerial photos and my own explorations through various cities. My work plays with the manipulation of space and architectural structures; exploring patterns of settlement and structural design within real and imagined cities, in two and three-dimensional forms. I am interested in the formal qualities of architecture and also in how architecture reflects, or, alternatively, forms the lives and beliefs of the people who construct it. I see buildings and structures as surrogates for ourselves and use them to investigate and illustrate our human frailties.
But secretly I am most driven by a sense of wonder and play.

Lake, cut paper, glue, wooden base, 24 x 30 in., 2009

Detail, Valley, cut paper, glue, 16 x 11.25 in., 2008

Detail, Harbor, cut paper, glue, 12 x 12 in., 2008

Detail, Townships, cut paper, glue, 12 x 12 in., 2008

Orange Circuit, cut paper, ink, pigment, glue, 21 x 21 in., 2008

Blue Circuit: Ringstrasse, cut paper, ink, pigment, glue, 26 x 26 in., 2009

Detail, Section, cut paper, charcoal, 36 x 48 in., 2008

To learn more about Stephanie Beck, visit her website!
TGIF!
Mary^

26 Comments

cathy link

1/5/2012 08:41:52 pm

How is this possible - creativity amazes me!

Tiffany link

1/5/2012 09:18:43 pm

Holy cow! This is crazy impressive. I thought knitting took a lot of patience!

Kala link

1/5/2012 09:39:18 pm

Amazing work, such detail and the intricacy blows me away:)

Jill K. Berry link

1/5/2012 09:43:50 pm

Perfectly beautiful. I would like to meet her, have coffee and chat. I would also like to see these beauties up close. Mary, congrats on finding so many inspirational artists for us all to share!

Denise link

1/5/2012 09:51:33 pm

This is absolutely awesome. I am awestruck!

Keeping It Indie link

1/5/2012 10:59:17 pm

I love the shadows in the pieces that are all white. Black is white is so wonderful!

Brandi
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Trina (Trina's Clay Creations) link

1/5/2012 11:12:31 pm

These are fantastic! What intricate designs!

Alessandra @ Tribal Times link

1/5/2012 11:13:13 pm

Such amazing art! I don't think I could possibly have the patience for it!!

Naomi link

1/5/2012 11:25:35 pm

Super cool! I'd never be able to do something that meticulous! Wow.

Sonya link

1/5/2012 11:32:41 pm

These are amazing. I can't even fathom how one would go about creating such works using paper!

Deb Prewitt link

1/5/2012 11:38:06 pm

Wow. This is amazing. The detail of the work is extraordinary.

Christie Cottage link

1/5/2012 11:47:22 pm

Awesome work! I love creative pieces and these are creative!

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Hobby link

1/6/2012 12:42:46 am

These are amazing. I did paper cutting years ago, but in a very traditional form... scherrenshnitte (sp?) This is much more artistic and architecturally inspiring. Wow.

Maggie Flatley link

1/6/2012 03:30:39 am

You find the most interesting artists. So unusual and beautiful work.

Carolyn Dube link

1/6/2012 11:22:31 am

You are right - these are fantastic!

Catherine Denton link

1/6/2012 11:48:36 am

So intricate and beautiful.
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Diana Evans link

1/6/2012 01:36:21 pm

oh what a wonderful post Mary!!!! I am always amazed at the work people do!!!

Patsy Oxley link

1/6/2012 10:59:53 pm

These are so unique and intricate! You could get lost in them!

Carol Samsel

1/7/2012 12:21:23 am

WOW!!!!! Such amazing detail! I'm in total awe !

Dee Hull link

1/7/2012 07:40:29 am

Absolutely love this! Stunning work!

Elisa Choi link

1/7/2012 05:50:20 pm

What gorgeous artwork! Amazing skills being done on paper cutting! Thanks for sharing!

Laura Taylor Mark link

1/8/2012 07:31:18 am

Oh wow - this is crazy cool! Sooo intricate...I'm in awe of her patience! And I LOVE all things map-related too, it was nice to see Jill Berry's name in the comments here as I got her book for Christmas and was really inspired by it :> Thanks for your kind words on my first illo for PPF!