Leather Animals In A Paper Jungle For Hermès Window Installation.

For its 13th Carte Blanche, the Hermès store at Hong Kong International Airport is exhibiting a piece by the French artists Zim&Zou, 'The Eternal Jungle', which is an invitation into the wild. (Some of you may recall that I previously posted about the paper crafts of Zim&Zou.)



The window installation creates an intriguing contrast between the jungle, a world that is dominated by wild animals, and one of great refinement, the world of Hermès.




The window is influenced by the abundance of vegetation in Hong Kong and showcases Hermès accessories (such as scarves, jewelry, bets and ties) and a Monkey, a Toucan and a Chameleon crafted of leather off-cuts from the workshops of Hermès.

If this sounds a little familiar, it is much like the lovingly crafted animals made with Louis Vuitton leather goods for their window displays by Billie Achilleous.

Monkey and Hermès tie:

Chameleon and Hermès bracelet:

Toucan and Hermès necklace:


The installation displays the finest skills in paper-cut art and leatherwork. Remaining faithful to its original purity, the artists create intricate objects with the paper, a material both beautiful and versatile.



A look at the impressively crafted animals.

The Monkey:


The Monkey in the display:


The Toucan:


The Toucan in the display:


The Chameleon:


The Chameleon in the display:

The window as it appears in the Hong Kong International Airport:


Zim and Zou

Don't miss this post about another artist who has crafted small animals of leather for Louis Vuitton Window displays:

Beautiful Cut Paper Animal Masks by Flurry & Salk.

above: cut paper Ram mask designed for Hermes.

Meet Nikki Salk and Amy Flurry. Nikki is an artist and fashion blogger, Amy is a freelance writer, editor and stylist. In January, 2010 the two women founded the Paper-Cut-Project, a company that conceives art direction and highly crafted installations in paper for window installations, runway, catalog and advertising campaigns.



Flurry and Salk describe their custom made paper art installations as "fueled by a love of fashion and an appreciation of the grace and nuance of this humble material"

They have designed installations and window displays for chic stores like Jeffrey New York and Atlanta and an exclusive collection of animals for Hermes.


Owl (for Hermes):

Bear (for Hermes):

Horse 1 (for Hermes):

Horse 2 (for Hermes):

Horse 3 (for Hermes):

Lion (for Hermes):

Cockatiel (for Hermes):


The above masks were designed exclusively for French luxury boutique Hermes, while the masks below are part of their Animalia series.

Owl:

Cockatiel:

Lion:

Hare:


The Paper Cut Project
Nikki Salk's fashion blog
Amy Flurry's website

Start Limbering Up Those Fingers: Here's 100 Paper Animals To Fold!

click on the above image to enlarge and get a good look at the images.




Love origami? Love Animals? Have fidgity kids? Or just really bored yourself? Then try folding these rasterized peramodels from Japan.



Raspera, which requires a payment via paypal for membership, provides you with downloadable and printable pdfs of over 100 photo realistic paper crafts in the form of animals and birds.




They have varying degrees of difficulty and all types of species. And each stands up on it's own:






Raspera members fee is $30.00 USD.or here (Application by letter). Then, they send you the password via e-mail, which will not only work for all current Rasperas, but also any future Rasperas.