Tótem III by Justino Del Casar, tall black recycled paper sculpture with raw paper details on a metal base, cover
Close-up of Tótem III by Justino Del Casar showing organic curves and raw recycled paper texture
Tótem III, contemporary totem sculpture by Justino Del Casar in black papier-mâché, three-quarter view
Detail of Tótem III base, handmade papier-mâché sculpture by Justino Del Casar on square metal plinth
High-angle view of Tótem III, collectible design sculpture by Justino Del Casar in speckled black paper
Tótem III by Justino Del Casar, tall black recycled paper sculpture with raw paper details on a metal base
Tótem III by Justino Del Casar, tall black recycled paper sculpture with raw paper details on a metal base, cover
Close-up of Tótem III by Justino Del Casar showing organic curves and raw recycled paper texture
Tótem III, contemporary totem sculpture by Justino Del Casar in black papier-mâché, three-quarter view
Detail of Tótem III base, handmade papier-mâché sculpture by Justino Del Casar on square metal plinth
High-angle view of Tótem III, collectible design sculpture by Justino Del Casar in speckled black paper
Tótem III by Justino Del Casar, tall black recycled paper sculpture with raw paper details on a metal base

Tótem III | JUSTINO DEL CASAR

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Tótem III is a vertical sculpture by Justino Del Casar that reinterprets the ancestral totem through organic, almost vertebral forms. Rising well over two metres, it is the tallest piece in the series, stacking a sequence of swelling and tightening volumes like a spine or a column of living matter growing upwards.

Along its intense black body, fragments of raw, pale paper emerge at the joints, as if the inner matter were breaking through the skin. The modules shift slightly from one to the next, so the silhouette changes as one moves around it. Anchored on a square metal base, the figure holds a delicate balance between weight and upward movement, occupying space with a calm, almost ritual presence.

Made from recycled paper pulp and cardboard through the artist's self-taught technique rooted in papier-mâché and cartapesta, the piece is hand-modelled, air-dried, carved, sanded and polished. What was once discarded becomes a monumental presence, positioning Tótem III between contemporary sculpture, sustainable art and collectible design.


Artist: Justino Del Casar
Dimensions: H235 × Ø23 cm
Materials: Recycled paper pulp, Cardboard, Metal
Year: 2025
Signed and certified by the artist

Tótem III is a vertical sculpture by Justino Del Casar that reinterprets the ancestral totem through organic, almost vertebral forms. Rising well over two metres, it is the tallest piece in the series, stacking a sequence of swelling and tightening volumes like a spine or a column of living matter growing upwards.

Along its intense black body, fragments of raw, pale paper emerge at the joints, as if the inner matter were breaking through the skin. The modules shift slightly from one to the next, so the silhouette changes as one moves around it. Anchored on a square metal base, the figure holds a delicate balance between weight and upward movement, occupying space with a calm, almost ritual presence.

Made from recycled paper pulp and cardboard through the artist's self-taught technique rooted in papier-mâché and cartapesta, the piece is hand-modelled, air-dried, carved, sanded and polished. What was once discarded becomes a monumental presence, positioning Tótem III between contemporary sculpture, sustainable art and collectible design.


Artist: Justino Del Casar
Dimensions: H235 × Ø23 cm
Materials: Recycled paper pulp, Cardboard, Metal
Year: 2025
Signed and certified by the artist

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About the artist

JUSTINO DEL CASAR

Justino Del Casar is a Spanish sculptor (Madrid, 1971) whose work reflects on the fleetingness of consumer production and the dignifying power of art. Trained at the Escuela de Artes y Oficios Artísticos in Toledo, he treats each piece as an act that quietly restores value to what consumption discards.

In Valencia, he spent years developing his own technique, reducing paper to pulp and remolding it by hand into dense, load-bearing forms, a process that has since become the foundation of his practice. His materials are the objects society turns into symbolic waste: lottery tickets, philosophy exams, court rulings, banking documents, packaging, and propaganda. Through an entirely manual process, he transforms these discarded materials into timeless sculptural pieces, charged with the memory of those who discarded them.

His forms explore the passage of time, fusing anthropomorphism with echoes of ancient, hand-shaped utensils. They challenge consumerist logic and restore the human being above the very objects it produces and discards. Each piece is unique, made entirely by hand, holding the tension between what is fleeting and what endures, resisting a culture that treats everything as disposable.

Since 2013 he has developed, in his studio in Valencia, symbolic and functional sculptural work guided by a simple conviction: consumption is fleeting, the human being endures.

As an artist represented by BLANCONEGRO BARCELONA, Justino Del Casar continues to explore new frontiers, creating works that speak to contemporary experience while grounding themselves in the timelessness of art history.


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