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Jeff NishinakaThe Paper Genius


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Jeff Nishinaka carves and pinches paper to create intricate paper sculptures. The 52-year-old Los Angeles

based illustrator and sculptor has been refining his paper craft since 1982. Taking anywhere from three days to

four months to produce, Jeff's detailed pieces range from 8in by 8in to 20 feet tall and 20 feet wide

Jeff Nishinaka cuts and crushes the paper with an enviable skill to create exquisite paper sculptures. 52-year-old illustrator

and sculptor from Los Angeles creates his work from 1982.

The stunning elegance ofJeff Nishinakas paper art calls for a new definition of paper. His meticulous sculptural 3D work

appears to have been created from marble or extremely fine sand or vanilla ice cream or thick foam definitely of

something other than just paper. The Los Angeles-born artist works mainly with white, which makes the exquisite play

of light and shadow a large part of the appeal of his work.

One might assume that there is very little demand for work that uses one medium and one color. Not so. Nishinakas work

pops up everywhere in the most unexpected places, from medical illustrations of the structure of the eye, to private portraitcommissions, to a life-size garden for a hotel.

He has a prolific career working in advertising, fashion and fine art, and also creating some larger installations. His

commercial work includes commissions for fashion catalogues for Bloomingdales and Galeries Lafayette, advertising work

for Visa, Coca Cola, Playboy, American Airlines, Toyota and Mattel. Even the colourful characters of Disneys Lion King

Pumbaa, Timon, Rafiki et.al.look absolutely stunning in Nishinakas white paper world. If you want to see a lot of

Nishinakas work in one place, you need to talk to his personal friend, actor Jackie Chan, the owner of the largest

Nishinaka collection. -

Jeffs paper sculpting career has spanned 28 years, and his commercial portfolio includes clients such as Bloomingdales,

Visa, Penn State University, Paramount Pictures, Harvard Medical School, Random House, and Mattel, for whom he

designed these beautiful, custom Barbie sets

All copyrights belong to the artist

Jeff Nishinaka

http://www.jeffnishinaka.com/


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"The largest installation I did for the hotel ANA Hotel in Tokyo - said Jeffrey. - It was a tree with birds, grass and fish. The entire

sculpture was about 6 meters in height, 6 meters wide and 3 meters in depth. (JEFFREY NISHINAKA / BARCROFT USA)


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"Everything starts with an idea, then do research, and only then work's draft drawings. After that, I am perfect in outline, then paint

the final version of the pencil on the sculpture. The final figure is a blue dye for the sculpture. Picture of "broken" into individual

pieces and transferred to the rear side of the paper. Then cut out the pieces, clean, give shape and glued. This is a very long and laborious process. " (JEFFREY NISHINAKA / BARCROFT USA)


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Jeffrey worked

as an artist and

his career has created

hundreds of paper

sculptures.

"I use very simple

tools: forceps,

mechanical pencil,toothpicks, knives,

a matrix for cutting,

curve and triangles

and a small rounded

wooden peg,"

-says Jeffrey.

(JEFFREY NISHINAKA /

-BARCROFT USA)


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The works have the effect of 3D thanks to several layers of paper and adequate lighting. The artist uses

paper from 100% cotton, so it does not yellow with the years. (JEFFREY NISHINAKA / BARCROFT USA)


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13/42The actor Jackie Chan - a close friend of the artist


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