Competing Projects 2025

Il paradiso terrestre Federica Zancato Illustratrice e Paper Artist

Four personifications of the winds, from east to west and from north to south, take shape in these hand-crafted portraits made with tone-on-tone Fedrigoni papers. The idea was inspired by reading Hans Christian Andersen’s tale *The Garden of Paradise*, where the winds materialize at their mother’s home in a captivating and detailed description.
From the abstraction of the wind to the texture of the paper, the collage portraits represent the four brothers, each accompanied by an animal that uniquely characterizes them, in a particular yet concise manner, playing solely with the overlapping shapes of the paper.
Without a preparatory drawing, I focus on the essence of the portrayed subject, highlighting its unique features: pose, expression, and characteristics that make it instantly recognizable, even though its face is never complete.

Category
Creative Communication
Country
Italy
Papers
Fedrigoni Special Papers - Materica Terra Gialla 180 g/m2
Fedrigoni Special Papers - Woodstock Giallo 170 g/m2
Fedrigoni Special Papers - Sirio color Rosso 170 g/m2
Fedrigoni Special Papers - Woodstock Rosso 170 g/m2
Fedrigoni Special Papers - Nettuno Blu Navy 140 g/m2
Fedrigoni Special Papers - Sirio color Blu 170 g/m2
Fedrigoni Special Papers - Materica Gesso 180 g/m2
Fedrigoni Special Papers - Arena rough Extra White 170 g/m2
Fedrigoni Special Papers - Cocktail White 250 g/m2
Brand
Federica Zancato Illustratrice e Paper Artist
Designer
Federica Zancato