Some artists have the ability to create little windows into worlds that we wish were real. Some do it through books, and others paint. This artist creates windows into colorful worlds through her use of tissue paper.

Marianne Erikson-Scott Hansen creates flowers and bouquets from nothing but colored tissue paper.

Taking colored sheets of everyday tissue paper, Hansen creates scenes that appear to come from a cotton-candy wonderland. The beauty and detail come together to create flowing and illustrative objects.

Experimentation is a huge part of the creation process for Hanson.

In an interview with My Modern Met, she says:

“I have rarely let myself be dictated by tradition or convention in my work with paper (or any given material), I work artistically and intuitively but with the foundation of a very wide and life-long crafts experience.”

Her methodology for creation gives insight into how she is able to make such beautiful scenes.

In the same interview, she mentions how she uses her hands and interacts with the medium (material) she is using at that time. She says:

“It’s all in the hands so to speak. I want to enter into a dialogue with the material. Work my way into it. Exploring rather than ‘mere’ re-working and investigation. Seeing how far you can ‘stretch’ paper.”

Taking the inspiration from the object itself, Hansen uses the paper to create a lifelike effigy.

When she is creating, she looks at individual elements of the piece she is wanting to make and uses the paper to accomplish that. For example, if she needs to create wild grass, she imagines the paper as something that needs to flow and bend in the wind. When crafting bark or branches, she treats the paper firmly, like it is actually the material being shaped.

Breaking each piece into its parts allows her to create a cohesive scene.

When many of us think of objects, we think of them as a collective whole. For example, a couch is more than just a couch, it’s a collection of wood, metal, screws, pillows, and cloth. Each piece adds to the whole and allows the couch to exist is an individual piece.

With Hansen, she follows a similar creation process.

“Numerous little individual parts that make up a whole, from cell to organism,” she says, “micro to macro. Contrasts, symmetry, harmony. By my hand, the paper is returned to the organic material from which it originates. It is given the tactility and texture to resemble wood, plant parts, papyrus. I treat the paper firmly as it were rope, bark, branches. Or delicately like dried grass or porous petals.”

Her work has allowed her to make a living doing what she loves.

Through her art, she has worked with some of the highest fashion and designers in the world. From weddings to galleries and photoshoots, Hansen lives out her dream and her craft simultaneously.

Creating “Paper Couture”, she has designed for Levi Strauss, Kopenhagen Fur, Georg Jensen, and Klarlund. She has also had the opportunity to design for Steven Tyler and other figures! She currently works with brands like Royal Copenhagen and L’Oréal Paris.

Windows into different worlds.

We all can appreciate the moments that we are transported somewhere else through someone’s art. Check out her website and gallery by clicking here. You can also keep up with her on Instagram here!

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Source: My Modern Met, Couture by MESH