Paper Cut-Outs By Héloïse Bossard

Paper art can be stunning in its simplicity, and that’s best shown in Héloïse Bossard cut-outs. She creates beautiful pieces by cutting paper, among which is the one inspired by The Great Wave Off Kanagawa by Hokusai.

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Remember the video process I posted 10 days ago? This is what the final artwork looks like! It's a commission I made to celebrate the new decade of two sisters who are respectively 80 and 70 years old. They picked snail as their "totem animal", as a souvenir of their youth when they organized snail race with their 5 other brothers and sister. Smaller snails represents their children… can you spot them all? Although it's been a real challenge (and a stressful one!) to paint the paper cut after it was finished, I really loved working on this commission! Thank you for your trust ladies! //. //. Vous vous souvenez de la vidéo que j'ai posté il y a une dizaine de jours ? Et bien voici le résultat final ! Il s'agit d'une commande privée pour célébrer la nouvelle dizaine de deux sœurs, l'ainée maintenant octogénaire et la "petite dernière" septuagénaire. Elles apparaissent ici sous forme d'escargots (souvenirs des nombreuses courses d'escargots de leur enfance), entourées de leurs cinq frères et sœur, de leurs enfants, et de fleurs ou lieux qui leur sont chers. Ça a été un petit challenge (et surtout stressant !) de devoir peindre chaque escargot d'une couleur différente après la découpe, mais je suis fière de l'avoir fait et j'ai beaucoup aimé travailler sur cette commande ! Merci encore Mesdames pour votre confiance ! • • #snail #paper #papercut #papercutting #papercutartist #audetourdupapier #papercutart #paperart #paperartist #papercraft #cutpaper #cutbyhand #craftpaper #fortheloveofpaper #paperartwork #strictlypaperart #lines #lineart #dscolor #excelblades

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“Always in love with paper, it was on her return to France after two years spent in Japan that Heloise Bossard decided to create Au Détour du Papier,” her website reads (translated from French). Once an architect, she decided to switch to a precision scalpel as her main tool as she explored Kirigami, the Japanese art of cutting paper.

Bossard is mainly inspired by nature and art. She creates all her works by hand in her workshop located in Paris. This results in unique pieces, and you can see some of them below.