Paul Villinski’s Beautiful Beer Butterflies

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Nicole Belopotosky

Well, I am super stoked to share and explore the art work of the wonderful Paul Villinski. Born in York, Maine, Paul relocated to New York City, where he has created what has been deemed, “recycled” art. Every aluminum butterfly was crafted out of a found, used beer can, which yes!, once grazed human lips. Paul explains, “My process of ‘recycling’ them into images of butterflies is a quiet physical meditation, a yoga of tin snips and files and fingers…” The cans go through their own metamorphosis; transforming what was once litter.. into a beautiful crafted piece of art. His most recently pieces, Fable and Rise, showcase the butterflies exploding from a cello and guitar, creating a visual melody. Paul describes his sculptures as, “abstract three-dimensional paintings”. Other works, such as the piece entitled “My Back Pages”“Revolver”  and “Diaspora”, Paul sculpting records which he…

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