Blooming South

about the creation process

A woman in a white dress standing with arms outstretched, holding a large black geometric sculpture composed of multiple connected black origami paper airplanes.
Stacked black folded paper geometric sculptures on a cutting mat.

The minimalistic “white on white” portrait was envisioned and shot by Dasha Pears in her home studio in Helsinki, Finland. Dasha was trying to capture the movement of a dancer, so the piece has a very dynamic and light feel to it.

The shot was developed, edited, and printed on Hahnemühle Bamboo FineArt paper to be sent to San Francisco for the next phase of creating the mixed media 3 dimensional artwork.

Paula Pietranera finished the piece by adding 348 origami cranes folded from a single sheet of special paper.

The cranes are black, in contrast with the white skin, clothes, and background of the portrait, to symbolize the balance of opposites in life, which in union comprise what we experience every day.

The piece is signed by both artists on the front.

A woman working on a craft project, possibly folding or cutting paper or fabric at a white table.
Close-up of black acoustic foam panels with a textured, pyramid-shaped surface arranged in a grid pattern.
Art installation of a woman in a white dress with her arms outstretched, surrounded by multiple rows of black butterfly silhouettes creating a circular pattern.
Black textured origami paper with grid pattern and a paper vine with multiple folded leaf shapes, placed on a white and black background.
Close-up of black origami paper sculptures with geometric shapes and a folded paper background.
Artist working on a mixed media piece featuring a printed photograph of a woman lying down, with a three-dimensional installation of many black, spiky, origami-like structures protruding from it, creating a textured, flowing, wave-like effect.
A woman sitting at a table, signing or writing on a white surface with numerous origami cranes arranged in rows beside her.

Currently the piece is framed without a glass in a simple black wooden frame to display the beauty and interplay of paper textures.

Person with glasses looking through a geometric black and gold decorative partition made of interconnected star-shaped elements.

Watch the video to observe how the application of the origami art was done.

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