My favorite character is Tokyo! I even dressed up as her at a street Halloween party! Well, almost EVERYONE actually went to the party dressed in a red jumpsuit (with a matching Dali mask)! HAHA! Dyahe but could you blame us? You have a front-row seat of what they care about, their innermost dreams and demons, what makes them tick and inspired what makes their relationships stronger. I love the show because the characters are on a whole new adventure even if they’re just inside one place! Say, in seasons 3 and 4, they are inside the Bank of Spain but it’s not just the robbery that you’ll get to know about but also each character’s true self. And there’s always something we can do to change the systems in our lives if we want to. So I thought of adding my own elements, fun details, quirky elements, and flowy lines to remind us that no matter how tough, daunting, and impossible to change the systems seem, humans are still the ones who run it. In the series, they showed a papercut of the building – it looks so serious and rigid, as expected. The second piece is my version of the Bank of Spain.
It’s a reminder that the thieves and hostages actually want the same thing – to be free from the system. And this is even reinforced by the Dali mask and the red jumpsuit – a symbol of resistance against the system. They’re able to overcome every challenge, every twist, every dead end because of this. The first one is the Dali Mask with the Bella Ciao lyrics!īella Ciao is the gang’s battle cry! It unites and makes them stronger as a unit. I love taking risks with my papercuts! Haha! But when you think about it, it’s actually very edgy because the lines are super thin and the details are so small. And cut again so I can finish the piece and be able to share a new story to the world.Īlso, papercutting to me is like reverse painting! In painting, you add elements or paint to tell a story but in papercutting, you take away unnecessary parts to tell or create stories. No matter how things get overwhelming, when I am working on a papercut, the only thing that matters is that I cut. It helps you focus on just one thing, on one thing that you can control – something which is very useful especially in the kind of world that we live in right now.
I love how it’s very therapeutic and meditative. Mansy Abesamis – Bella Ciao (La Casa De Papel: Part 1) and Bank of Spain (La Casa De Papel: Part 3 and 4) I like Tokyo’s and Nairobi’s characters, but I feel the Professor and I have the same personality, haha. Why do you love La Casa De Papel ? Do you have any favorite character/s?Īpart from the idea of it being a heist and planning an escape which I love in a show, I enjoy the opening credits (for obvious reasons) and the soundtrack. The overall visual imagery is my personal homage to surrealism. The red money coming out of the blimp forms the jumpsuit holding the blimp. The blimp was used (to release 140 million Euros over Madrid) as a distraction in Part 3, while the Dali Mask, as we all know, has become an iconic symbol of resistance that has inspired a lot of people to fight with the Professor and the team.
The shadows created by the layers and protrusions of the paper add a certain dimensionality to my pieces as a result. Technically, I combine both papier tole and kirigami to create depth in my artworks. I started my love for paper art during college, in one of our plates, when we were asked to create a print ad using papier tole as a technique. How did you discover your love for paper artwork? Can you describe your style? John Ed De Vera – Plan Chernobyl ( La Casa De Papel: Part 3 ) Even if you are the best planner in the world, there’s always something that will not go according to plan, especially when you work with others. My favorite character is The Professor because I can relate to him more. There’s always something that’s totally unexpected, and sometimes it’s just crazy. I feel like this show is more comedy than anything else. It has all the elements that I like in a show. Why do you love La Casa De Papel? Do you have any favorite character/s? I like the juxtaposition of something so powerful with something fragile like paper. I picked the Royal Mint because it’s the embodiment of the enemy.