Ep 54: Yulia Brodskaya (Paper Artist & Illustrator)

Yulia Brodskaya is a Russian artist and illustrator known for
painting with paper. 


Pioneering contemporary paper quilling, she uses thick, coloured
paper to compose stunningly detailed 3d portraits. And her work
is owned by the likes of Oprah Winfrey, Hermés, San Francisco
Museum of Modern Art, Paramount Pictures, Country Music
Association, The New York Times Magazine, Washington Post, New
York Observer, and Issey Miyake. 


She also designed the official poster for the 2015 Wimbledon
Championships, designed a Google Chrome theme, created a Forever
stamp design for the United States Postal Service in 2016 and
Christmas 2017 stamps for New Zealand Post. In 2019, she was
named a “Breakthrough Star” by Creative Review and featured among
other leading UK-based artists in the BBC programme Making Art
Work: First Idea to Final Piece.





Highlights:


2:32 Growing up in Moscow in the 1980s

8:27 Learning to see the world with an artist’s eye

10:12 Picking up a love of typography

12:43 Discovering a love of paper art

16:59 Creating the Christmas cover for the G2 supplement of
the Guardian

19:27 What “paper quilling” is

21:54 Being protective of her own style

23:40 The process of creating her work

27:19 When she knows a piece of work is complete

30:18 Creating portraits of old folks

39:20 Publishing a book

41:52 Creating her own mobile app

44:16 Creating her first NFT






Show notes: www.sothisismywhy.com/54 


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