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MANDY SMITH CRAFTS MUNDANE SANDPAPER OBJECTS + ARCHITECTURE all images courtesy of mandy smith in a twist on her regular choice medium, MANDY SMITH has used a kind of paper more familiar to
builders and DIY enthusiasts – sandpaper. in a juxtaposition of play and pain THE ARTIST HAS CRAFTED INTRICATE AND REALISTIC EVERYDAY OBJECTS OUT OF SHEETS OF THE ABRASIVE MATTER. with a
slightly sinister undertone, the whimsical items–a toilet paper roll, a playground slide, bed, bikini, sneakers, bike–are rendered in three-dimensions from the coarse material, and are
brought to life by photographer bruno drummond, who has arranged the sculptures in domestic settings to give them context. roll of toilet paper playground slide sneakers bike bed mandy smith
primarily uses paper as her medium, and has also realized more detailed three-dimensional renderings of buildings. one such series is ‘paperhouse’ in which she has drawn on the traditional
architecture of canal houses in amsterdam, recreating them the fibrous substance. click through the gallery below to check them out: 1/7 via nina azzarello I designboom oct 22, 2013
