We already had a post of Weird Toilet Paper Roll Art, showing Yuken Teruya’s beautiful cutouts of toilet paper rolls, and now I present another super creative artist, Peter Callesen, who does a similar kind of papercraft, but this time out of single A4 paper sheets.

“Lately I have worked almost exclusively with white sheets of paper in different objects, paper cuts, paper folding, installations, and performances. A large part of my paper art is made from A4 sheets. It is probably the most common and consumed art medium used today. This is why we rarely notice the actual materiality of the A4 paper.

By taking away all the information and starting from scratch using the blank white A4 paper sheet for my creations, I feel I have found a material that we are all able to relate to, and at the same time, the A4 paper sheet is neutral and open to fill with a different meaning. The thin white paper gives the paper art designs frailty that underlines the tragic and romantic theme of my works.” Peter Callesen.

I would have never thought that one could make such cool art using just one sheet of paper! On the other hand, there’s an artist in Germany who can create unique art without any paint or pencil just by folding paper, see Incredible Folded Paper Art by Simon Schubert.

Looking back, 2006

Acid free A4 115 gsm paper and glue

Impenetrable Castle, 2005

Acid free A4 80 gsm paper and glue

White Hand, 2007

Acid free A4 115 gsm paper and glue

Little Erected Ruin, 2007

Acid free A4 115 gsm paper and glue

Half Way Through, 2006

Acid free A4 115 gsm paper, pencil, and glue

Snowballs (detail), 2005

Acid free A4 80 gsm paper and glue

The Short Distance Between Time and Shadow, 2006

Acid free A4 115 gsm paper and glue

18,2 cm Tall Tower of Babel, 2005

Acid free A4 80 gsm paper and glue

Down the River, 2005

Acid free A4 80 gsm paper and glue

Resurrection, 2008

Acid free A4 115 gsm paper and glue

Eismeer, 2006

Acid free A4 80 gsm paper and glue

Holding on to Myself, 2006

Acid free A4 80 gms paper, glue, acrylic paint and oak frame

Cowboy, 2006

Acid Free A4 115 gsm paper, glue, acrylic paint and oak frame

The Outline of a Skeleton, 2006

Acid free A4 80 gms paper, glue, acrylic paint and oak frame

Angel, 2006

Acid Free A4 80 gsm paper, glue, acrylic paint and oak frame

On the other Side, 2009

Acid-free A4 120 gsm paper, glue, acrylic paint, water color and oak frame.

Paperman, 2008

Acid Free A4 115 gsm paper, glue, colorpensil acrylic paint and oak frame

Running Red Poppies, 2006

Acid Free A4 80 gsm paper, glue, acrylic paint and oak frame