Arthur Sadler,
Paper Sculpture,
Blandford Press,
London,
1955 [1946]
The author is the acknowledged postwar expert on the use of papermodelling in display and for advertising having first seen the possibilities of image making in the medium at Continental exhibitions before 1939. In his book he included work by some of' the most talented artists in paper sculpture..."
CONTENTS Paper Sculpture Principles of Paper Sculpture Varieties of Paper Tools and Materials Cutting Paper and Cardboard Scoring Paper and Cardboard Curling Paper Basic Shaping (Fan, Star) Cone Formation Stylised Flowers (Study - Daffodils) Stylised Flowers (2 flower studies) Sculptured Frame Curves Baroque Shapes Baroque Frame (White framed Mirror) Construction Low and Full relief Sculptures Chessman Rooster Cherub Amusing Heads Sculptured Panel - Autumn An Easter Rabbit Decorative Fish Panel Scottish Lion Animal Figures (Owl) Sculptured Figures Hair Styles in paper |
Male figures Dresses for figures Sketch Interpretation Dresden Courtier Blackamoor Paper Sculpture and the Window Display
(Palm tree, classical columns, display windows) Decor for Fashion Parade Cut Surface designs (Giant Playing Card, paper sculpture into Metal sculpture, Huntsman and Hounds, a faun) Theatre Publicity Film Publicity Publicity Posters Paper cartoons Designs for Book Covers Showcards Advertising Layout Painting of of Paper Sculpture Crossed Plane Technique - planes jointed after cuts (Santa Claus, Metallic Design, Cherubs for Xmas, elephant Christmas decor) How to Make (Nativity Panel, Christmas Panel, Holly Leaf Decor, Nativity Scenes, Christmas Tree Decorations, Christmas Tree Angel Starting a Studio Installation Packaging and Storage Education |
Examples of Work by
Design and Display Ltd.London
Erica Gorecka-Egan
Marquardt's Shop Window, New York
Staple-Smith Studio, New York
Ugo Mochi ("regarded as the world's greatest silhouettist")
Bruce Angrave MSIA
Dorothy Rogers ARCA
Jan J.Kepinski
Mall Sinclair (book covers)
Tadeus Lipski
Marion Adnams
"But it is in Poland there the beginnings of the craft must be sought in the paper flowers which were fashioned to adorn the shrines in village homes. Christmas paper decorations were also made and these peasant patterns became a real inspiration for the professional artist. Here started the ideas for the artistic use of paper in three dimensions - the birth of PAPER SCULPTURE. Later composition in paper was introduced into the syllabus of Polish art schools. Annual Balls at the Academy of Art in Warsaw saw the appearance of large decorative panels, grotesque human figures, pseudo architectural detail and bas-reliefs, all executed in paper by some of Poland's artists who were also famous for their work in other spheres. It was a natural sequence that some of this work found its way into window displays and advertising. The shortage of conventional materials in Central Europe during the First World War prompted ingenious artists of that region to turn to this form of peasant art... When exhibitions started again on the Continent buyers of commercial art and advertising, always eager for a new and striking approach , commissioned some of these artists to make attractions in paper sculpture. They were an instant success. It was not until Polish artists commercialised its application at Continental exhibitions that English and American artists commenced sporadic efforts with the craft. World war II came and many of Poland's artists took up residence in England and America, and, as been the case in 1918, the shortage of decorative materials once again made numerous artists turn to paper sculpture as a medium for artistic expression." Arthur Sadler, Paper Sculpture |