The items you see every day might seem dull and mundane after a while, and certainly not conducive to creating art. Yet for Cybele Young, it’s the everyday things that provide inspiration for the fantastic.
In Some Changes Were Made, Young’s tiny, intricate paper sculpture series, the Toronto-based artist turns everyday items into blooming alien life. She achieves this by taking said items — the kind that might be seen in a lost-and-found bin — and using them as jumping-off points.
If I Had Learned Earlier (Lost – rollerskate)
Young uses Japanese papers to create her pieces, carefully folding, cutting, and shaping them into her desired forms. In these pieces, things start off normal, tight, and constrained, with the everyday item in miniature, looking as staid and inanimate as, well, an object.
Late in the Season (Lost – lawn chair)
Then, in steps, the objects begin to grow and transform, getting bigger, weirder, and messier, and taking on organic shapes until they look like strange sea creatures or fungi.
Where They Always Go (Lost – keys)
Almost Enough (Lost – change purse)
Part of the Plan
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Young’s work was most recently on display at the Forum Gallery in New York, but you can also see her work on her website. Be sure to also find her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
