Studio Visit: Artist Eric Standley Is Using Lasers to Carve Eye-Popping Paper Sculptures and Reading Philosopher Peter Sloterdijk
Eric Standley in his studio. Photograph by Peter Means. Artifacts—that’s the word artist Eric Standley uses to describe his meticulously assembled layers of multicolor laser-cut paper. The designation is appropriate; Standley’s intricate artworks call to mind centuries-old global decorative motifs, from mandalas and the webbed arching of Gothic cathedrals, to Islamic prayer niches with organic, tangled carvings. Eric Standley in his studio. Photograph by Peter Means. These artifacts, which Standley draws, laser cuts, and assembles in his studio, seem to stem from the tradition of the ...