감탄할만한 종이공학 예술 Artist Uses Engineering to Fold Mesmerizing Geometric Paper Sculptures

경제문화 Economy, Culture/사진미술 Photo & Arts2017. 1. 30. 01:01

Artist Uses Engineering to Fold Mesmerizing Geometric Paper Sculptures

페이퍼 엔지니어이자 건축가, 교사, 조각가인 맷 슐리안(Matt Shlian)

그의 작품은 순수 미술과 같은 아름다운 형태와 더불어

치밀한 구조와 기능 면에서 건축과도 많이 닮아있다.

종이공학을 이용해 놀랄만한 작품 세계를 연출하고 있다.

황기철 콘페이퍼 에디터

Ki Chul Hwang, conpaper editor

By Sara Barnes on January 28, 2017

Paper engineering artist Matt Shlian produces incredible forms from the ubiquitous, everyday material. Making strategic and precise folds, he creates stunning geometric designs built with tessellations. The three-dimensional pieces are often crafted in bone-white or black-colored paper, which highlights the beauty of each shape through subtle shifts in tone. Large or small, each of these monochromatic sculptures has a mesmerizing repeat element to it.

Shlian’s interest in the medium and his engineering skills have yielded unlikely collaborations. He’s worked with scientists at the University of Michigan “on the nanoscale, translating paper structures to microfolds.” The two groups click because of their shared sense of curiosity. The scientists use the folds to visualize cellular division and solar cell development. Shlian, on the other hand, says that he’s guided by wonder. “I begin with a system of folding and at a particular moment the material takes over,” he writes. Continuing, “My work is made because I cannot visualize its final realization.”