Since 1986, Canadian artist Calvin Nicholls has created his hyper-realistic sculptures, using materials and tools as simple as a pencil, sheets of paper, a very fine scalpel and some glue.
By the time he has finished a piece, which measures between three feet wide by two meters long in size, each piece takes between four weeks and two years to complete. Despite this laboriousness Calvin has a collection of more than 500 pieces.
They are mainly inspired in nature, more specifically in the fauna that inhabits it, although he also has works that reproduce landscapes. This tendency for the natural has its origin in the direct contact with the natural environment.
Because he lives in a town surrounded by lush forests and landscapes with a high natural value, a relationship that has made him a privileged observer of it and all the elements that form it.
REPRESENTING THE FRAGILITY OF NATURE
After thirty years of perfecting his art form, Calvin has mastered the paper techniques used to create incredibly realistic relief pieces that recreate even the smallest details of the animals he observes daily as if they were origami objects.
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The process begins at the very moment he takes a sophisticated large-format camera in his hands, refined by the delicate sheets of paper. The first step consists of capturing the image, which he then prints as a model for his design. Finally he sculpts the outline on the paper to which he gives volume to finally add the features and gestures that characterize each animal.
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