Elsa Mora

Elsa Mora is an artist from Cuba, now based is Los Angeles. She works within numerous medias, but her work with paper has particularly caught my eye. I have studied Elsa's work in other media, and all of her paper cutting pieces reflect her as a practitioner brilliantly. Many of her cuttings have tiny, delicate and complex designs, just like in many of her other pieces.  

This is my favourite piece of Elsa's. I have been giving some thought into how I'd like to portray myself as a designer, and in what area of work. I really like fashion illustration, so in an ideal world, I would love to be able to make something simliar to this, which is why I included this example in my blog. Perhaps I wil just experiment with the textures of the dress and hair. As well as the textures, I also find the colours very effective, and really bring out certain elements in the piece.

Another instance of a fashion orientated paper cutting of Elsa's. This looks to me like a close up of a wedding dress or maybe a gown. I really love how Elsa has combined both fashion and elements of nature into one piece. This is an idea that I would like to give a try as both topics are something I do enjoy drawing from time to time. I think to try piece with this idea in mind would be quite a successful attempt at reflecting myself as a designer I'd like to be known as. 

Again, Elsa has based this piece on nature and it's forms. I love the detail that has been put into the wings and the head of this piece.

While the pieces featured above aren't particularly 3D, I thought it was incredible just to look at the detail and delicacy of the designs. I think the patterns and carefully cut features are really beautiful! And anybody looking at Elsa's work for the first time, can quickly get a clear idea of just what to expect from her other works as she as accurately conveyed her style from her multiple media's brilliantly into paper cutting. 

I have noticed that many of Elsa's works (both featured above and other works I have studied) are fairly people based, or fashion based. I have included a number of examples of her work because she seems to revolve around similar topics as I tend to and have done in the past. I think this piece is beautiful. It's enhanced by the fact that it is made from paper. It's impressively accurate, and I love the accent of nature included once again, as the artist has included vines, flowers and dragon flies within the piece. All with a, seemingly signature, complex pattern. 

I think Elsa'a work is incredibly inspiring, and I will more than likely be referring back to her once again when it comes to experimenting with my own paper cuttings.