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This is Shin Tanaka. He's a pretty quiet guy, but has a vision for his figures. He's sort of like the Michael Lau of paper figures, and now his work is front and center and really the inspiration for this entire art exhibition. It's all about works made with and on Paper hence the name Papershapers.

That's Polly Verity's hands. It's insane that she can sit there and fold this. She's from Edinburgh.

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This is Shin Tanaka. He’s a pretty quiet guy, but has a vision for his figures. He’s sort of like the Michael Lau of paper figures, and now his work is front and center and really the inspiration for this entire art exhibition. It’s all about works made with and on Paper hence the name Papershapers. That’s Polly Verity’s hands. It’s insane that she can sit there and fold this. She’s from Edinburgh. That’s the work by the camera shy Hunter Stabler. He was probably on a walkabout. Richard Sweeney. You might know his work from Flickr. He’s quite good at getting his work out by using that site. Ryohei Tanaka. Yes, he’s in the show, and right now is giving off a lot of fun energy. Ana Serrano’s piece is a city. I wish I could live here. That’s my hood. Lucky and Polly. Aw…. see you saturday. Yes, anyone is invited. Scion Space.
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This is Shin Tanaka. He’s a pretty quiet guy, but has a vision for his figures. He’s sort of like the Michael Lau of paper figures, and now his work is front and center and really the inspiration for this entire art exhibition. It’s all about works made with and on Paper hence the name Papershapers. That’s Polly Verity’s hands. It’s insane that she can sit there and fold this. She’s from Edinburgh. That’s the work by the camera shy Hunter Stabler. He was probably on a walkabout. Richard Sweeney. You might know his work from Flickr. He’s quite good at getting his work out by using that site. Ryohei Tanaka. Yes, he’s in the show, and right now is giving off a lot of fun energy. Ana Serrano’s piece is a city. I wish I could live here. That’s my hood. Lucky and Polly. Aw…. see you saturday. Yes, anyone is invited. Scion Space.
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Sometimes, you meet interesting people. Beau Sia is one of them. At 32, he's quite young and kicks ass at whatever he does. Slam Poetry battles might be in his past, but performing etc, that's his future. He's as in tune or at least trying to find his tune in more than just work, but in how it weaves him with his life. That's artist shit. I sat down and had lunch and had a lot of fun. This guy's...
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Sometimes, you meet interesting people. Beau Sia is one of them. At 32, he’s quite young and kicks ass at whatever he does. Slam Poetry battles might be in his past, but performing etc, that’s his future. He’s as in tune or at least trying to find his tune in more than just work, but in how it weaves him with his life. That’s artist shit. I sat down and had lunch and had a lot of fun. This guy’s been around doing his work, and you’ll see him soon. Also check out Rachel Getting Married, he’s the wedding czar.
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