Paper cut light boxes
Better known as Hari and Deepti, this artist couple create these spectacular images using only watercolour paper. They cut the paper into different shapes and layer it, creating the range of tones and depth seen here when a light is shone through it.
The thing that interests me the most about these images are the mystical, mythical qualities they have. The use of light and tone creates an image with a very ethereal appearance, as do the shapes and figures themselves. The stick figures and bold shapes appear almost like tribal art, very much like the stone paintings of the Navajo tribe of native americans. I would like to experiment with different media like Hari and Deepti do, and also focus on making my artwork look 'tribal'. By doing so, I feel that the message behind my work will be translated to the simplest form, and be both easy to understand and easy to interpret in it's own way.
I think that this light box paper-cut method could look even better with the use of multiple lights shining through the paper at different angles, and even different coloured lights. The tone of the image could then be established through the use of colour. For example, the scene in the image on the right appears quite perilous, but the soft brown colour does not suggest so. Perhaps a red or orange light added into this would better show it's meaning?
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