Papercut Scenes with Watercolor Illustration by Mar Cerdà
Here's something fun to get your week off to a pleasant start... miniature container scenes created with imagination and skillful precision by Mar Cerdà, a paper artist and illustrator in Barcelona. Her Instagram feed (@marillustrations) is an absolute delight as she shares photos of her work in progress and provides narrative about what prompted each one.
You might recall Mar's detailed miniature dioramas of Wes Anderson film sets that whipped around the net about two years ago. Rather than reinvent the wheel, I'll send you over to read this nice interview on We Heart where you'll learn what makes Mar tick.
Wooden box by Anna Puig
In short though, I asked her to tell us a bit about the work she creates and this was her reply:
Perhaps I could explain you that I didn't start by studying illustration but cinema, specializing in scenography, that's why I have this fascination with spaces. And one day I had the chance to illustrate a children's book for a teacher of cinema and there is where everything started!
I didn't know anything about illustration, that's why I started working with paper cut and creating little space dioramas where to put the characters of the stories. After publishing six books I went to illustration school, so it was a little bit backwards...hehe
What I enjoy most about creating little paper worlds is the freedom, the endless possibilities it has and the little tools you need for it.
This is a completed view of a miniature room Mar created for @ad_germany that was composed entirely of paper hand painted with watercolor. Take a tour of the room that was inspired by architect Henry van der Velde complete with a wallpaper design by Thorne Prikker.
Mar Cerdà is on Instagram.
You might recall Mar's detailed miniature dioramas of Wes Anderson film sets that whipped around the net about two years ago. Rather than reinvent the wheel, I'll send you over to read this nice interview on We Heart where you'll learn what makes Mar tick.
Moonrise Kingdom fans, this one's for you
In short though, I asked her to tell us a bit about the work she creates and this was her reply:
Perhaps I could explain you that I didn't start by studying illustration but cinema, specializing in scenography, that's why I have this fascination with spaces. And one day I had the chance to illustrate a children's book for a teacher of cinema and there is where everything started!
I didn't know anything about illustration, that's why I started working with paper cut and creating little space dioramas where to put the characters of the stories. After publishing six books I went to illustration school, so it was a little bit backwards...hehe
What I enjoy most about creating little paper worlds is the freedom, the endless possibilities it has and the little tools you need for it.
Perhaps my favorite step is when I start cutting the drawing, this is
the first step to 3D and I love it.
This is a completed view of a miniature room Mar created for @ad_germany that was composed entirely of paper hand painted with watercolor. Take a tour of the room that was inspired by architect Henry van der Velde complete with a wallpaper design by Thorne Prikker.
Mar also enjoys creating paper jewelry decorated with hand painted scenes.
La La Land illustration for Entertainment Weekly
Mar Cerdà is on Instagram.
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Soooo amazing!
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Sabine from WO(rms) in Germany
This is absolutely amazing!!!! Thanks for sharing Mar´s work with us!!
ReplyDeleteHave a nice week Ann!!!
These are amazing and sooo much fun....love them !!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you all enjoyed seeing Mar's art! I'm a fan for sure.
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