At first glance, the illustrated works of Japanese-born San Francisco artist Kanako Abe look like they are drawn, but in fact each intricate piece is cut from paper. Kanako Abe started practicing paper cutting in 2012, and it’s clear that she has now perfected the craft.
From floral patterns to symbolic paper illustrations, Kanako Abe’s work celebrates the beauty in fragility. Impressively, each piece is hand-cut from a single sheet of black paper using a graver, resulting in incredibly delicate silhouettes.
San Francisco artist Kanako Abe hand-carves these elusive paper illustrations.
Each beautiful piece takes several hours to complete.
The lines are very thin and look like they were drawn with a pen.
