Modern paper art using laser cut technology

The artist Eric Standley creates modern art out of paper

Eric Standley is a Virginia, USA based artist who uses the laser cut technique to create modern art from paper. His artwork is inspired by Gothic and Islamic architecture from the 12th century. They are so detailed and multifaceted that they resemble real building elements, as if they had been made with mallets and iron.

In fact, he just works with numerous layers of paper stacked on top of each other. These are then cut with pinpoint accuracy using innovative laser technology. Crazy, right?

Paper art to be admired

Check out Eric Standley’s artwork below and see the complexity for yourself. The layered and laser-cut sheets of paper form a scroll-like 3D structure. Scroll down!

Zeno of Elea

Layered, laser cut, colored paper 

Artwork Zeno of Elea, detail

Precise laser cutting

Zeno of Elea II

Zeno of Elea II, detail

Religious ornaments from the Gothic

 Dioscuri (23 × 19)

Dioscuri, inspired by Greek mythology

Ipswich – Acrylic and digital printing for everything to do with laser-cut paper art

Window of a Gothic cathedral

 Well thought out and precisely implemented down to the smallest detail

Fabulous paper art

Ornate and structural ornaments made of paper – tetragon 3.1.1

 Tetragon 6.8.1 (8 × 10)

 Tetragon 6.7.1 (8 × 10)

Tetragon, detail

3D structure and color

 Circular works of art made from paper

 Circle 4.16.1 – detail

 Argos (20 × 20)

 Sebago (18 × 18)

Demeter (20 × 20)

 Newmark (size 20 × 20)

Newmark Details

The detail in the center

Circle 4.6.2 (8 × 10)

Tetragon 2.1.1

Modern paper art – detail