Weekly art websites: drawing with paper and scissors

This week's selection of artists are able to turn ordinary paper into amazing works of art using just a cutting blade or scissors and their imagination.

Karen Bit Vejle - http://papercutart.no/
Using just one piece of paper and a pair of scissors artist Karen Bit Vejles create highly complex image cuttings that are often so fine they take on the appearance of delicate lace.

Peter Callesen - http://www.petercallesen.com/
Peter Callesen's paper cut sculptures erupt out of the white A4 pieces of paper they are made from, creating a stark juxtaposition between the "negative and absent 2 dimensional space" of the cut and the resulting three dimensional object.  

Bovey Lee - http://www.boveylee.com/
Hong Kong born paper cutout artist Bovey Lee combines traditional and digital media to produce intricate, hand-cut works.

Jen Stark - http://jenstark.com/
Miami-born artist Jen Stark creates bright, kaleidoscopic paper sculptures. Her vivid, patterned works are crafted using an X-Acto knife and thousands of different colored pieces of paper.

Brian Dettmer - http://www.briandettmer.com/
Cutting through the pages of old architecture books, encyclopedias, and manuals, Brian Dettmer obscures and highlights words and images to recontextualize their original meanings.

Kara Walker - http://learn.walkerart.org/karawalker
American artist Kara Walker creates highly-charged, room-size installations featuring black cut-paper silhouettes. The images evoke discussions about race, gender, sexuality and repression.