Description
| Product ID: | 9780500296981 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Unfolding |
| Subtitle: | The Paper Art and Science of Matthew Shlian |
| Authors: | Author: Matthew Shlian |
| Page Count: | 256 |
| Subjects: | Non-graphic and electronic art forms, Non-graphic art forms, Individual artists, art monographs, Origami and paper engineering, Individual artists, art monographs, Origami & paper engineering |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A complete retrospective of the paper engineer and artist Matthew Shlian, documenting a decade of unrivalled and unexpected creativity. Paper engineer and artist Matthew Shlian has always recognized the material’s potential for experimentation. Folded, tessellated, compressed, extrapolated, two-dimensional paper becomes three-dimensional sculpture in beautiful and unexpected ways. ‘My process is extremely varied from piece to piece. Often I start without a clear goal in mind, working within a series of limitations. For example on one piece I’ll only use curved folds, or make my lines this length or that angle, etc. Other times I begin with an idea for movement and try to achieve that shape or form somehow.’ Unfolding is Shlian’s first comprehensive monograph. A journey into the new possibilities of folding technology, the intricate complexities of Islamic patterns, and the sheer potential offered by a sheet of white paper, it celebrates a humble material, on the edge of its existence, elevated to timeless form and possibility. |
| Imprint Name: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-02-09 |