Author: Karolina Wv / Source: Bored Panda
Believe it or not, but these gorgeous geometric sculptures were created out of ordinary sheets of paper by artist Matt Shlian. Based on the principles of origami, the ‘paper engineer’ uses complex folding techniques to create waves of intricately proportioned protuberances, arising from a flat, wall-mounted surface in a visually arresting array of patterns and colors.
Scroll down below to see these beguiling sculptures for yourself, and check out Matt’s Instagram and Facebook for info about upcoming exhibitions.
Having started his journey in ceramics, Shlian soon realized that there was so much more on the artistic menu to nibble on. “I studied, glass, painting, performance, sound and by the end I had a dual major in ceramics and print media,” he writes. “I loved the immediacy of paper as a medium. I also loved the geometry. Figuring out the pieces was like solving a puzzle. I understand things spatially; I have to see something to make sense of it. One of my faculty advisers started buying me pop-up books and I started dissecting them and figuring out how they worked. It took off from there.”
Puzzles are best solved by trial and error, learning from one’s mistakes. Shlian credits his curiosity as the starting point for his work, not a visualization of a finished piece, so an original idea can quickly evolve into something totally different and unexpected. “My…
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