Lucy Jean Inexperienced, Kinetic Artist and Paper Sculptor

Considered one of my neighbors should have put up a brand new chook feeder just lately, as a result of there’s been an inflow of feathered pals within the yard. I have been googling the extra uncommon ones and even noticed an owl one darkish, drizzly morning. I ponder if it was Siri who picked up on my newfound curiosity in birding and shared the data with Instagram… I am instantly seeing plenty of chook posts. In actual fact, IG is the place I used to be launched to the sleek paper chook sculptures of Lucy Jean Inexperienced, a lot of which embrace a kinetic mechanism.

kinetic paper sculpture of owl with wings outspread surrounded by paper cuttings

Lucy Jean defined that her work is impressed by mythology and information about birds. I create sculptures
and delicate automata by hand chopping paper and handcrafting brass
mechanisms. Every sculpture is displayed inside a glass bell jar with a
wood base, or encased in a glass fronted, wood field body, with a
hand-stained end.

She lives in Mytholmroyd, a small village in West Yorkshire,
England, and has all the time beloved making issues. As a shy baby, Lucy
Jean
most well-liked to determine a course of on her personal slightly than ask for assist. This had its upside, because it led to a deeper understanding of how issues work.

All of my
processes are self-taught and have taken me years to refine and ideal.
Although I’ll ask for assist now if I would like it, I take pleasure in figuring issues
out with my fingers first.

She instructed me she turned fascinated with kinetic sculpture when beginning to write her dissertation at
college. I used to be wanting into puppetry, then found automata, and met
with a stunning man at Mackinnon and Saunders [an animation studio] who launched me to the
world of kinetic sculpture.

For the subsequent 12 months I researched and
experimented with completely different mechanisms earlier than making one which suited my
chook sculptures, the one I nonetheless use in the present day and proceed to refine with
each sculpture.

A kinetic sculpture is fascinating to look at as you may see within the owl video above. Then take a look on the six week, labor-intensive course of (condensed to at least one minute) that it took to create a framed kinetic kingfisher.

To realize the gorgeous
coloration gradients that you just see on among the birds, Lucy Jean paints card
with iridescent paints.

She enjoys creating greater than birds… for instance, a
pretty glass decoration that comprises a penguin and fir bushes is obtainable
in her Etsy store. This previous 12 months she was commissioned to make bats, beetles, and baubles, and is blissful to tackle new challenges.

Lucy Jean might be exhibiting at artwork festivals in Yorkshire and Manchester all through 2025. For updates, comply with @nameandcolour (alongside together with her massive legion of followers!) on Instagram.