The works of Dutch paper architect/artist, Ingrid Siliakus, are magnificent engineering feats requiring precision in handling the most humble of materials, ie. paper. Ingrid further developed the art form pioneered by Masahiro Chatani in the 1980s into more complex geometries, often requiring numerous prototypes to achieve a final design. The detailed cutouts, which often uses a single piece of paper, result in breathtakingly intricate folds of building patterns that resonate with M.C. Escher paintings.
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left: ‘Elevation’; right: ‘Reflection of Sagrada Familia
Statement of the artist: ‘…Working with paper forces me to be humble, since this medium has a character of its own that asks for cooperation. It is a challenge to find this cooperation with each separate paper brand I work with. Working with paper the way I do, namely by means of cutting and folding creating paper sculptures, asks of me to work with meditative precision. Paper architecture does not bare haste, it is its enemy; one moment of loss of concentration, can lead to failure of a piece…’ ‘…I experience an ultimate satisfaction at the critic moment when the paper, with a silenced sigh, surrenders and becomes a blade-sharp crease. The sound of the paper, which guides this surrendering, to me is incomparable…’
cutouts of Gehry’s Bilbao Guggenheim
Innerrings
Progression of the cuts and folds
