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The Papercraft Prince and Princess

Emily WagnerEditor

Updated Wed, January 7, 2015 at 11:59 PM UTC

A still from The Paper Architect — Catch the full video here.

Close up of The Paper Architect — Kristin tells The Guardian, "We never set out to work with paper, says Kristin. "It just grew out of curiosity. We weren't even model makers. I didn't even know how to cut paper. We've just had to acquire the skills as we've gone along."

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The Paper Architect — Another brooding look at the work.

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Davy McGuire — You can see more behind the scenes of their work on their Flickr, The McGuire Residence.

Kristin McGuire — Behind the scenes, creating work.

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Paper craft by the McGuires — The dioramas often require illumination and projections to come to life.
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davy and kristin mcguire — https://www.thisiscolossal.com/tags/animation/page/3/

The multidisciplinary artist-couple, Kristin and Davy McGuire create elaborate paper craft installations out of their Bristol, UK studio. Their work is a complex combination of ethereal worlds created out of paper, often turning stories and books into theatrical pieces via video installation, performance, dioramas and animation.

In 2013, their piece “The Paper Architect” won the Samuel Beckett Theater Trust Award. The evocative video installation, made entirely of hand cut paper is a tale about an old man who longs for a life he didn't live. The moody work is part fairytale, part illusion, part otherworldly and all extraordinarily crafty.

Watch their incredible videos here.

For more hand cut paper inspiration, check out this Pinterest page devoted entirely to the craft.

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