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Smitten with ...Paper Artist Fideli Sundqvist

Sunday, April 5, 2015




As a creative personality and one that has her hands in both the one-dimensional and three-dimensional world, I have a great appreciation for many artists –especially those that work with their hands. Meet Agnes Cecilia Fideli Siri Charlotte Sundqvist or Fideli Sundqvist for short. She is the Swedish paper craft artist who has been visually storytelling for advertising and editorials since the early 2000s.


Sundqvist stumbled into this world while attending Konstfack University based in Sweden. During her sophomore year her brother who was studying in Beijing shared with her a paper art book which ended up being the catalyst to her obsession with the medium. For her senior project she spent ten weeks carefully crafting Tilly and Gul – an elephant's adventures –  for her senior project. What followed next was a career that allowed her to take her skills to the next level and do something she truly loved.


Sundqvist, who doesn't speak english, has won numerous awards and made many tv appearances in her native country. While she has many clients internationally who enjoy commissioning her for their brands, she has gifted the rest of us with an awesome instructional book showcasing how to create 40 of her works. If this is something your interested in learning more about, pickup up I Love Paper! And if you're in Sweden, swing by her current exhibition!

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February Type Project: 1-15

Monday, February 16, 2015

15 days ago I decided to launch my personal blog which crazy as it sounds was hard to do. Read the previous post and you'll get a sense of where my mind was. The same day I also decided to start a typography project to get me inspired because to be honest, lately I've been feeling REALLY uninspired. Maybe its the weather ...maybe its work ...maybe its DC ...maybe it's just the timing right now ...whatever it was I figured this daily series that involved constructing numbers out of found objects would challenge my creativity and encourage me to have some fun! Take a look and let me know what you think!

Can't figure out the items pictured? Let me help you:
Day 1 Rolo chocolates (Created before I ate the entire bag)
Day 2 Post-its! (Inspired by an album cover my friends Juan and Lina created)
Day 3 Stacked magazines (They surround me 95% of the time)
Day 4 Raw sugar
Day 5 T-pins (Key mannequin styling accessory)
Day 6 Earrings (I have an absurd amount of this must accessory)
Day 7 Gold spray painted walnuts
Day 8 Belts (Another day, another GAP styling job)
Day 9 Scotch tape (Channeling my inner Luba Lukova or Christoph Niemann)
Day 10 Lego (This is actually a Lego calendar given by my dear friend Nicole F)
Day 11 Crayons (every creative should have a box of these)
Day 12 Masking tape
Day 13 Belvita biscuits (What happens when you have crumbs lying around)
Day 14 Toilet paper
Day 15 Rocks

See the rest of the numbers daily via my Instagram.



 

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