Intricate Cut Paper Castles You Can Hold in the Palm of Your Hand

I’ve nev­er been to It’s a Small World in Dis­ney­land, but I’ve always admired Mary Blair’s ver­sion that fea­tures styl­ized build­ings con­struct­ed out of sim­ple, col­or­ful shapes. It’s this aes­thet­ic that instant­ly drew me to the cut-paper works of Ultra­laz­er, a col­lab­o­ra­tive project from two France-based mak­ers named Max­ence and Pauline.

Togeth­er, Max­ence and Pauline cre­ate play­ful scenes that you can hold in the palm of your hand. I’m par­tial to their cas­tles, but nature scenes are com­mon, too. Regard­less of the land­scape, each is craft­ed with a stun­ning atten­tion to detail.