I feel like I've seen these amazing images floating around the internet for some time now, but I had no clue as to their provenance until last night when Alex pointed me towards this tumblr. Stephen Eichhorn is the artist responsible for these amazing, hand-cut collages and, while the cat-and-flower variety are clearly my favorites, these are really just the tip of the iceberg!
I'm in absolute awe of Eichhorn's meticulous process. I think a lot of us probably went through a "collage phase" when we were younger (for me, it was in high school), and it's a pastime that's all too easily dismissed to the walls of sticky pink teenage boudoirs and trapper keepers, but works like these really force a reconsideration of the genre. It makes me want to bust out my old National Geographics and get pasty with it like it's 1999 all over again.
P.S. Please don't repost these images without properly crediting Stephen Eichhorn. Thanks! :n )
15 comments:
wow his work is amazing. I'm utterly impressed.
so ridiculously adorable.
yes! i have loved his stuff for a while now, but you posted some new pieces i hadn't seen yet, nor have i seen the video. wonderful!
Oh, this is quite a good combination! Have you seen Landon Metz's cat-rock-volcanoes collages? There's a few at the end (here: http://www.thecompanyofpeople.com/main.php?page=landonmetz), and there's an extra one of a cat with a piece of agate for a head that's around many tumblr although I can't find it at the moment.
Yay! This is so amazing! I'm always a fan of ridiculous looking animals.
Just when you thought pictures of Katze's and flowers couldn't get cooler.
i definitely agree there is an art to collaging surpasses teenage girls and their trapper-keepers! thanks for sharing these.
These are super neat!
Thanks for sharing!
xx
AND his surname is the German word for "squirrel". That's extremely brilliant.
So ridiculous, but gorgeous !
Great work !
Saw you getting off the L at 3rd Ave. today lol. Thought I'd tell you.
this is insane. some of the best kitsch i've seen in a while. love it.
Holy ShitbaLLS!! I am in LOVE. MEEEeow. Glad I stumbled upon your blog!
xx Kayti and Kelsey
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i haven't seen the kitties before but they're gorgeous, love the 70's vibe
i love the one where the white cat looks like it's got flowers for eyelashes! i'm currently in the middle of cutting up loads of magazines and trying to make pretty collages, but i doubt i cut and paste as well as he does! xo
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