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I Made Olympic Athletes Out Of Layered Paper

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Hi, I’m Raya and I’m a paper artist based in Barcelona.

Previously I’ve shared my paper foods and now I designed a series of Paper Athlete sculptures.

The concept of this design was to express movement using paper. The added texture, light and volume that the serial planes technique provides reinforces the fluidity of the pieces.

All the sculptures are entirely hand cut and assembled, some of the figures have around 150 pieces and up to 500 separators. The project required many, many hours of work, but the end result was very satisfying for me.

Pictures below were taken by photographer Leo García Mendez.

More info: Instagram

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Raya Sader Bujana

Hi, I'm Raya Sader, a Lebanese/Venezuelan paper artist currently living in Barcelona. I hand cut and shape paper to bring it to life :)

Hi, I'm Raya Sader, a Lebanese/Venezuelan paper artist currently living in Barcelona. I hand cut and shape paper to bring it to life :)

What do you think ?

Islam EL Emary 8 years ago

WoOoOoOoOoOoOw that is amazing work

2points

BeverlyHover 8 years ago

Love!! These pieces are so full of life and movement. Truly unique!

2points

NoaSlickers 8 years ago

The synchronized swimmer are my favorite hahaha these are just so awesome

2points

NikoletteBattle 8 years ago

What amazing talent!

1point

Pandaman 8 years ago

Amazing!!!

1point

Tomekjasiakiewicz 8 years ago

Amazing, love it

1point

ChristineMusal 8 years ago

Wow! Very cool!

1point

Rèdiño-- 8 years ago

amazing, please make more :p

1point

JerieRagsac 8 years ago

these are amazing.. but how durable are these? These are paper after all and I see you're holding some of them up. You should sell these. (And I hope youre recycling if you're not selling any because youre using up so much paper, aside from the pieces taken off to shape them, if youre just throwing these away after taking these photos XD)

1point

RayaSaderBujana (Post author) 8 years ago

Hi Jerie :) They are art pieces and will not be thrown away. They are small sculptures so the amount of paper is not so big, and I have carefully chosen the most eco-friendly paper I could use. Thanks for the comment :)

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Kaitlyn Schulz 6 years ago

wow she is very talented

0points

Harold Betancourt 8 years ago

Felicidades Raya me parecen geniales tus esculturas. Felicidades desde Cali Colombia.

0points

Dragan Nikolic 8 years ago

Do you sell the plans for this figures maybe ?

0points

Islam EL Emary 8 years ago

WoOoOoOoOoOoOw that is amazing work

2points

BeverlyHover 8 years ago

Love!! These pieces are so full of life and movement. Truly unique!

2points

NoaSlickers 8 years ago

The synchronized swimmer are my favorite hahaha these are just so awesome

2points

NikoletteBattle 8 years ago

What amazing talent!

1point

Pandaman 8 years ago

Amazing!!!

1point

Tomekjasiakiewicz 8 years ago

Amazing, love it

1point

ChristineMusal 8 years ago

Wow! Very cool!

1point

Rèdiño-- 8 years ago

amazing, please make more :p

1point

JerieRagsac 8 years ago

these are amazing.. but how durable are these? These are paper after all and I see you're holding some of them up. You should sell these. (And I hope youre recycling if you're not selling any because youre using up so much paper, aside from the pieces taken off to shape them, if youre just throwing these away after taking these photos XD)

1point

RayaSaderBujana (Post author) 8 years ago

Hi Jerie :) They are art pieces and will not be thrown away. They are small sculptures so the amount of paper is not so big, and I have carefully chosen the most eco-friendly paper I could use. Thanks for the comment :)

3points

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Kaitlyn Schulz 6 years ago

wow she is very talented

0points

Harold Betancourt 8 years ago

Felicidades Raya me parecen geniales tus esculturas. Felicidades desde Cali Colombia.

0points

Dragan Nikolic 8 years ago

Do you sell the plans for this figures maybe ?

0points

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