Artista Filipino Crea Animales Utilizando Papel Y El Resultado Es Impresionante

El artista Patrick Cabral vive en Manila, Filipinas y en Instagram ha compartido más de 800 imágenes que lo han llevado a poseer más de 76,7 mil seguidores. Sus obras son realizadas con la técnica del bricolaje y principalmente realiza obras de cabezas de animales hechas con piezas de cartulina blanca que va ensamblando. Una sola obra puede llevar meses, pero el resultado es simplemente espectacular.

Patrick además hace letreros utilizando la misma técnica, logrando llegar a trabajar con grandes marcas.

Aquí te dejamos las mejores obras de Patrick.

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This is the biggest piece I ever made at 4×5.2t ft. Working on a piece like this is a paradox. It’s a lot of work that usually spans around 3 months. I love the whole process of cutting because it’s sort of meditative for me. It’s not apparent but I am usually filled with anxiety, but doing this kind of work makes me calm. In most case I just like it when it’s quiet, unless there’s a new @joerogan podcast, then I would just listen to that. It’s opposite though once I started assembling the pieces together because it becomes really stressful specially on pieces as big as this. I dread it everyday and it gets really hard to get out of bed. It’s really hard to align each layer and would ask the universe not to let me make a big mistake. I am in a total Mr. Hyde mode that any small mistake would really anger me. I would tell myself that I would not accept another project of this scale but I always change my mind when another opportunity arise. I get to develop new system on each project which makes it more bearable everytime. But sometimes it really scares me that maybe this is the project that would ruin my relationship. This is why I started involving @origamidreamer in my big projects. It’s just super hard to align layers on my own. It’s still tough but I am learning to trust her more and more. A project like this is just too big for one person. It messes with the brain and I am glad I am smart enough to realize it. I wonder what more challenging project would come my way.

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Last December we were invited to exhibit in arguably one of the biggest art event in the world. We were supposed to be included in this year’s event but I decided to wait it out until 2021. The reason is I want to explore more on how to make my work look more luxurious. I want it to be more flawless and durable. I want my work to last for centuries. I want my work to sell for so much someday, not because I am hungry for money, but I want to prove to the world anyone can do it. That someone who came from nowhere can really rival all the best in the world. I want to be in the company of those who really toil to achieve mastery in their craft. I am compiling and promoting this recent project for @starbucksph in the hopes that it could somehow lead me to people who could further support my next endeavor. My work, I feel is the main thing that keep me going in this life. It has changed my life in so many ways and I am afraid that if I don’t keep on going, it also means death for me. People would often tell me that there’s more to life outside work. What people doesn’t really realize that there are some people like me who equate life to work, who find real happiness when they are doing something and when they are manifesting something. When they create an idea into a physical object. I feel like I got in too late in the game. I have spent so many years as a professional doing almost art, and it’s only now that I finally have a chance to make something that really makes me happy. Something that is not a preparation for something bigger. Something that is the main thing. So I hope the gods of the internets would somehow carry this message to those who are crazy enough to support someone successfully play his role. Let’s make something literally out of gold this year!

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Finished working on this piece yesterday. I started working on this last November. It took me a lot of revisions before I got to this design. I am trying to see how big I can get with my layered paper sculpture and the answer seems to be 6ft wide. Dragon was probably the very first project that I want to do with my layered style. I was afraid to do it because I was sure that It would take me a long time to finish it. It has close to 200 layers and is made of gold PVC sheets. This is the most technical project that I ever made to date. The main challenge was making the scales looks so fluid. I always love dragon. In many culture it’s the symbol of the outsider, the enemy. From the great snake in Genesis, to the dragons of the Arthurian legend. In Asia however, it was considered as a powerful god. I was always fascinated with this figure. I think this would be as close that I can get to seeing a dragon in real life. My goal for this exercise is to finish a large piece that’s fitting for the lobby of hotels and high-end restaurants. And Yes, it’s for sale.

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A year ago I launched this project to highlight the plight of endangered animals. It didn’t really took off at first. It seems that not everyone wants to be reminded of the harsh realities of the world. People only took notice when @mymodernmet published it on their blog 3 months after I launched it through coinsidence when a client who used to work with MyModernMet commissioned me to create letterings on an unrelated project. Have I not been a letterer, this project will be burried. To be honest I got a little depressed after I work on this project. We exhibited it and important people who I made favors for didn’t even bother to come to the show, same with the people who promised to bring in buyers. I know your name and I am keeping you on a list where I will be perpetually busy in time that you would ask favors again :p I was lucky that this project got reposted a lot on the internet … even on some elitist art blogs 🙂 This project got me on the radar of big international brands, hollywood celebrities and fashion designers. It spawned a lot of private commissions that until now I am still trying to finish. Until now I still get approached to be featured on magazines and TV programs. I was so close to doing pop art paper art and serve the social media who had been following my type work, but I really want to do personal work. I want to be proven that doing original work pay off and not settle on low hanging fruit. I’m glad that I did not settle … and so should you!

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Trying this new app. #floment is the name of the app.

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First of 2 artworks Commissioned by AFP Vice Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Salvador Mison. This one is a Philippine Eagle. It took me a while to get the head right. Also what a great guy. He even went to the studio with a couple of his staff to get the artwork. He also gave me a heavy gold medallion. I hope it’s like one of those coins from John Wick hehe . I got even more excited to do this project specially when one of his staff, Major Martha Sapalo ( who is btw a literal super woman) shared that they are from the air force and are the first responders during calamities, which for some reason my country has a lot of. It’s great to have my work in the company of heroes.

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Second of 3 pieces that I made for my UK art broker. I didn’t even ask where this would be displayed. All I know is they work with the world top hotels. I hope this gets to one of those places where Royalties stays and they would commission me to make similar piece, but in gold 🙂 Recently we had an inquiry from a hotel in Qatar for 500 pieces of artwork. I had to decline because I don’t want to flood the world with my work… and also I believe in the law of supply and demand. If I can do just 4-6 pieces of my work per year and charge premium, then I would very much prefer that than have millions of dollars but compromise the value of my work. I am always reminded by a Quincy Jones quote, “God walks out of the room when you’re thinking about money”. I never really work with money as main motivation. Any money that I make get spent on funding more expensive project and helping people around me. I don’t like keeping a lot of money. I grew up with so little that I am really uncomfortable around it. This is the third panda that I made. It’s also the biggest. I make big artworks now because I want my patrons to display it on the main area and not just on hallways as a friend of mine once commented because of its then small size. If I am going to spend a lot of time working on something, then it better be front and center. It’s amazing that when I started my endangered series, the giant panda was still endangered and when I launched the project, it got removed from the list. I am not saying that I single-handedly saved the giant panda 🙂 it just gives me hope for humanity.

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I had to reschedule a couple of solo shows to next year because of my current workload. I am also developing new work and thought I don’t really have to rush into it because I have more work than I can manage, and for some reason it’s quite hard to sell my work in my own country. I feel like the hardest part of the job is taste-making. To be able to sell something where people doesn’t usually spend money on. To make my work more than the craft. What I also did not expect after working on personal work is I would get more ambitious. My dreams are filled of huge version of my work these days. Work as big as mansions. Every day it’s marinating on my head. When I enter a new building now, my head is thinking of solutions how these engineers built something that doesn’t crumble. You know when I was in college I spent a short amount of time working on a small architecture firm converting old house plans into CAD files. And now since I am already doing big work, I get to revisit the skills that I develop during those days. And now my days are spent hoping that the universe would connect me to someone who could possibly fund it. This has exacerbated more when I saw that trailer of the new Aladdin where they show the cave entrance that looks like a lion. I was thinking of something similar to that already but something that has my style. I can already imagine it and I can’t wait for the day that it would become a reality. For now I guess an update Lynx would suffice 🙂

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I don’t mind if I spend my entire life doing this. I’ve been dabbling on a lot of creative ventures and so far making paper sculptures is the best things I ever made. I could master painting and still my paper sculptures would be better. This one ships to New York along with the Rhino. I stopped making small piece for overseas client because shipping fee is super expensive. It’s also the reason why I don’t join any international shows unless there’s already a sure buyer. It’s really hard to sell this kind of work when I was starting. It’s mostly paintings that sells in the art world, which makes my clients the coolest clients in the world. I had to overcome a lot of obstacle just to keep this going. I had meetings with some really toxic gallerist in the past who always try to devalue my work. I am glad that I was able to make this sustainable outside the gallery system. I hate that most galleries get 50% commissions on each sold artworks. Why have we accepted this? I am glad that I did not fall victim to these exploitative behavior. We should give the power back to the artist. I don’t mind to be in the secondary market as some of these galleries would put it. It’s super satisfying to be able to sustain my passion without playing their game. The days of these art world gatekeepers are almost over. My only regret really is that fans of my work don’t get to see my work in real life. But I’ll try to complete a new series that I can exhibit maybe a couple of years from now. I am starting to plan my own gallery space where I can just display the things that fascinates me from play to new ambitious projects.

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Man I would love to be a turtle right now who has evolved a mechanism to self-isolate. I’ve been more productive lately because I have been staying away from social media. I would rather concentrate on things that I can change and hopefully learn new skills during the lockdown. I regret not buying a sewing machine when I had the time. Let me take this opporrunity to thank the people who had commissioned new work before the world got crazy. You not only helped me but also the people who are close to me. I know how scary it would have been to worry about finances during this time of crisis. Know that you have helped a lot of people through me. And to those who have more than enough, please consider commissioning an artist friend. I am sure it would go a long way. Let’s all look out for each other.

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Bono: Arte de la esposa de Cabral

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