Instead of using paper, artist Lorenzo Durán uses leaves to make papercut art. If you think about how delicate a leaf is, you can imagine how challenging and intricately painstaking each piece of art must be to create. He must have a very steady hand!
[via My Modern Met]
MODERN SOUTHERNER on 07.24.2011 at 11:11 AM
Wow, these are really amazing! I can’t imagine doing something so intricate. Really beautiful!
Matt on 07.24.2011 at 12:55 PM
A steady hand, or a laser cutter.
Geneva M. Wilgus on 07.24.2011 at 14:31 PM
These are stunning! I love the Andy Goldsworthy style of art that requires the ability to appreciate a deteriorating form simply for what it is in a moment. The leaves will crumble because that’s what organic matter does, but the beauty never fades. Thank you for sharing!
dave on 07.25.2011 at 20:31 PM
laser cutter would FRY those, gotta be by hand. beautiful stuff
Lori Ryan on 08.11.2011 at 23:39 PM
Wow,I am memsmorized! Speachless and twitterpatted at the same time!
How on earth can this be done?
kiki on 08.14.2011 at 22:43 PM
Dye cut machine no doubt.
bbrunophotography on 08.15.2011 at 12:31 PM
This boggles my mind, how he was able to accomplish something so intricate. I’ve photographed leaves countless times in macro, but Lorenzo is the first artist I’ve come across who creates a piece of art this way. Amazing!
Mark on 09.09.2011 at 18:50 PM
Not to take away from Lorenzo Duran, because the work is excellent, but he is not the first to do this sort of precise cutting with leaves:
http://www.janetpihlblad.com/pages/leafwork_thumbpage.html
Charlotte Middleton on 11.10.2011 at 12:03 PM
Amazing art!
So dainty and fragile. Light shinning through them would look lovely, creating different effects!
Ramya on 03.27.2012 at 02:27 AM
Amazing work!!! so beautifully done….
Kit on 05.02.2012 at 12:34 PM
The Leafcut was sobeautiful-It reminded me of the antique hand-cut Linen from 1900′s.
How inspiring!
Thank You