Papercraft Inspiration

The Relationship Between Light and Paper

 Paper is one of the simplest materials used in art, and also on of the most variable. Artists Deepti Nair and Harikrishnan Panicker use this variability and simplicity to their advantage in combination with light to create amazing art.


Deepti and Hari use light boxes layered with paper on top to create very vivid scenes with volume and depth. By layering these papers on top of one another they can create the illusion of things fading into the background as they get lighter. Usually they start with a general plan, and then start cutting the background first, slowly adding things into the foreground as they go. Each layer is cut meticulously and then all set up in the end.

 I'm very drawn to this and inspired by it because it's taking something that is very simple and colourless and creating depth, motion, and a story just by layering and cutting it. No ink or drawing, no folding or manipulating it, just exploiting this one property of paper to create art. It's very inspiring to see how they turn something so minimal into a medium that has endless possibilities.



Their artwork is very inspiring and it would be very cool to see what direction they take their art in the future. Possibly experimenting with thicknesses of paper, different coloured lights, how folding or drawing on the paper could affect how the light moves through the paper. This is very innovative but at the same time I believe they have only broken the surface. That's the reason I chose these artists and their work to analyze and share. I think this paper and light medium can be exploited and explored past what they have done already, and could open up a whole world of possibilities.

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