Babushka Paper Portrait by Yulia Brodskaya

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来自艺术家Yulia Brodskaya的纸艺作品。Yulia Brodskaya被纸张的魅力深深吸引，因而喜欢上了纸艺，同时她自己也充满热忱的投入这个艺术行业，采用一种叫“quilling”工艺，将纸张以带状的形式粘连在一个背景上。

艺术家在一系列创作中融入了对材料与技艺的情感，并逐步磨练，将这类型艺术品的感染力提升至一个新的水平。

最初艺术家认为quilling工艺在纸张材料的选择上局限会较大，但是随着艺术家3年的持续创作，发现随着技艺的提高，这种限制也越来越小。目前仅仅是一个开始，艺术家期盼未来更大的突破。

艺术家常常不能避免来自外界的一个问题就是“做了多久”。这些作品无疑花费巨大的时间和精力。但艺术家认为工作过程更为重要。时间和精力是为了精益求精，而非“工艺”的符号。

这个作品是三维的，能从不同的角度感受到迥异的光与影，体会更多的情感。这一特征在工作过程中也明晰体现。

I believe that one of the main reasons I enjoy the paper craft, is due to my love of the material: paper. Although I’ve always had a special fascination for paper, it has taken me a while to find my own way of working with it; and then it took a little longer to find out that the technique I havebeen using so intensively is called quilling – it involves the use of  strips of paper that can be rolled, shaped, and glued to the background.

This artwork is the first piece in the series of works which I consider a declaration of love to the material and the technique. It is also an attempt to raise a profile of this paper craft, which has been previously regarded with some disdain, and to bring this type of artwork on a new level in terms of its ability to convey meaning and emotions.

Initially, I was concerned about the limitations of the quilling technique and the material from which the work is constructed – paper & card – as it very much dictates what can and cannot be said within the boundaries of the chosen medium. However, this material limitation turned out to be a strength for me: there is the potential to contain thoughts and ideas in unique ways so that the medium can become a significant part of the message. Thus, after working with paper quilling for over three years I am at a point where I don’t feel constrained by the technical challenges of the medium; I’m eager to keep experimenting, and this piece is just a beginning.

It would be difficult to avoid mentioning one of the questions I am often being asked about my commercial paper works, which is, ‘How long does it take’. Obviously, this work took a lot longer than any of the commercial works I’ve done so far. In this laborious work the process has also become important: to my opinion, spending endless hours and days on a piece of work gives the suggestion of great care; not in vain the notion of ‘care’ is implied in the word ‘to craft’ itself. Being a three-dimensional object, the artwork offers multiple views depending on the angle of perception and the intensity and direction of lighting. These things can drastically change the visual experiences and emotional message of the same artwork. The rough snaps below should not only help to see some work in progress stages, but also demonstrate the versatility that can be achieved by playing with lighting and angles.

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