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Artist Creates Mind-Bogglingly Intricate Paper Art

Using a single sheet of paper, UK-based artist Suzy Taylor cuts insanely complex illustrations manually — no diets or laser cuts are involved. Armed with an X-acto knife, Taylor meticulously dissects a white sheet of paper to design flower compositions, which fit different silhouettes.  

Inspired by folk art, romanticism and floral and rural themes, one piece is outstandingly time-consuming, propelling the artist to get lost in her work for hours. The decorative pieces are offered as DIY projects for all artistic levels from beginners to experts. You can find more of her work in her Etsy shop.

This is a tough translation, and I’m not sure I can match the grace of the English, but I can translate it. Here it is:

Kom chilnes yu na ban sishou-de au,Kom hodnes yu na hon neson op.Gouthru klir hashta yu soujon,Kom taim oso fali kom daun gon graun-de.

I have two thoughts on this translation. The last line’s a little long. It could be shortened by changing oso to ‘so. It could also be shortened by removing fali. And you could do both. I’m not certain what version would be best. All work, though. I stand by getting rid of “this” in the first line and translating it as sishou-de. I think it works better in Trig. I also think using na is more elegant than mebi or hofli for this translation. I also like kom daun gon better than komba raun, despite its being wordier, because it makes direct reference to coming down to Earth from space. I also like that there were a couple happy accidents—the first being that gouthru klir is literally from the first line of Trigedasleng in the show back in 201 (Octavia, who’s rehearsing the line in preparation of meeting with the Grounders), and the second being that graun-de sounds like “Grounder”.