yulia brodskaya's paper illustrations

Remember the paper crafting technique called quilling? It involves rolling, shaping and gluing teeny strips of paper to make bigger, more elaborate patterns, and back in the day it usually ended with a pile of crumpled coloured paper and a few fingers stuck together.

Something tells us that Yulia Brodskaya would finish with all five fingers glue-free and wiggling – the Russian artist is seriously careful with her curling. The time and detail put into some of her paper portraits is staggering, just take a squizz here to see for yourself.