I've been a long time fan of Nikki McClure, a Pacific Northwest artist adept at creating images with an x-acto. Just the way that she is able to convey a scene and a feeling with the paper medium, it's really akin to carving a scene from stone. As if the scene was in there and as the artist you liberate it from it's inert form. That's why I was so excited to see this review of 25 fantastic paper artists on Design Sponge, taking Nikki's work to a larger more complicated scale. It was interesting how this art form can be wildly different in varying artist's hands. Using paper to unfurl something hidden beyond or using the paper to create shadows and recesses filled with jewel like colors. All in all it's the craft of creatign these pieces that amaze me, the cutting of teeny cursive writing passages or yards of lace-like panels - I should stop grouching about how challenging drafting is to the body compared to this intense process.....