The collage was created from patterned papers that were printed on gelli plates with high flow acrylic ink.
Category: paper
Paper Folding
Crumpling is a technique where the paper is crumpled, unfolded and crumpled again and again. It creates an interesting texture that results from the thousands of folds. What do you think about it?
Origami and Charcoal #002
Folding paper with dirty hands is so much fun. I am sure this is going to be a thing with me. There are several ways that I am considering exploring this process. Notice that the background has smudges. I did my folding with two pieces of paper. One to fold and one on the table.… Continue reading Origami and Charcoal #002
Pleated Round Box
Pleated box from BYU-Idaho Art Dept on Vimeo. I have Complete Pleats written by Paul Jackson. On page 159 there is a beautiful round pleated box designed by Philip Campbel-Bell. I have tried to make it before and thought I would give it another try. To my surprise it worked out beautifully.
Dirty Hands
Dirty Hands from BYU-Idaho Art Dept on Vimeo. I read once on an origami page to always wash your hands. Then this morning as I was considering what to fold it occurred to me that dirty hands might just make folding more visual. Boths sides of the paper turned out very different. I enjoyed discovering… Continue reading Dirty Hands
Module 003
Module 003 | It takes 12 modules to make a sphere. The sphere is very light and is about the size of a softball. The module has 5 arms. I created one arm and then rotated it 72° around a center point to create the module shown below. Module 003 | All 12 modules are cut from… Continue reading Module 003
Module | 002
Module 002 | This is a variation of module 001 with a leaf shape cut out of the center of the module. The image above shows the top view. Module 002 M002 | Vase Bottom Closed | I left the vase in the living room over night and when I saw it in the morning… Continue reading Module | 002
Paper Module | 001
Module 001 | I have made paper spheres using square modules, but I wondered what would happen if the modules were rectangular. I was able to make a sphere with a rectangular module as shown in the image above. It takes 30 modules to create a sphere as shown above. Module 01 | the proportion of a small playing… Continue reading Paper Module | 001