Dab hand makes amazing paper sculpture

The artwork of paper sculpture artist Peter Callesen.

BEIJING, Dec. 25 -- Artist Peter Callesen proves he is a cut above the rest with these dainty models made using glue, a scalpel - and just one sheet of A4 paper.

Peter, 41, cuts intricate patterns from a white sheet of paper and uses the cutout to fold breathtaking designs such as skeletons, insects and buildings.

The precision work transforms a piece of paper worth only a few pence into a piece of art that sells for 2,800 pounds (4,474.68 U.S. dollars).

Each model takes up to two weeks to sketch, cut and fold.

The artwork of paper sculpture artist Peter Callesen.

If Peter makes a wrong cut or realises he is unable to achieve the fold he wanted he has to rethink his design and start the painstaking work again.

Peter likes his models to tell a story and believes transforming a flat piece of paper into a three-dimension model is a "magical process".

Others again are turning the inside out, or letting the front and the back of the paper meet - dealing with impossibility, illusions, and reflections.

Peter, from Copenhagen, Denmark, likes to use A4 paper in his work because people use it widely in the home and office and can easily relate to it.

Peter has held a number of exhibitions around the world including London, New York and Seoul.

He is represented by the Perry Rubenstein Gallery in New York, United States, and the Helene Nyborg Contemporary in Copenhagen, Denmark. (1 pound = 1.5981 U.S. dollars)