Wet origami

Difficult Wet Folding Technique Allows This Vietnamese Artist To Create Curved Origami | Bored Panda

Most origami is geometrical, but Vietnamese artist Hoàng Tiến Quyết produces curved paper forms using a difficult technique known as wet-folding. This adds an element of sculpture to the work, making Hoàng's origami animals truly remarkable. Too little water and the paper dries before the folding is done; too much water, and the paper will rip.

A huge exhibition of 80 contemporary origami artists featuring 120 paper creations is planned to take place this summer at Cooper Union in New York. Cooper Union was the site of the first origami exhibition in the United States 55 years ago. Titled Surface to Structure , the event is curated by Uyen Nguyen whoContinue reading "Surface to Structure: An Origami Exhibition Featuring 80 Paper Artists at Cooper Union"

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Often one associates origami with sharp and precise folds, miniature works that have a crisp perfection. Origami artist Hoang Tien Quyet shies away from this rigidity, instead folding his small objects with a technique called “wet-folding,” which allows curves to be created instead of the typical straight lines. With this technique Vietnam-based Quyet creates posed animals bounding with personality, their heads tilted and wings ready for flight. The technique of wet folding was created by…

この立体感！ これらのオリガミはベトナム系アメリカ人のDinh Truong Giang氏によるもの。よくあるオリガミとは違い、ふっくらと丸みのあるシルエットが特長。 紙を水で湿らせてから折っていくようで、湿らせることにより柔らかく丸みのあるカーブを作ることができるとか。紙を使って作る彫刻といった感じです。 ゴリラの顔（笑）。 これまでのオリガミとはひと味違う印象の作品となっています。湿らせた紙を使うことで、こんなにもしなやかで力強い作品になるんですね。 動物の特長を的確にとらえる洞察力もすごいですが、紙という素材をここまで使いこなす作者の表現力にも驚かされます。

HOANG TIEN QUYET — Foxes 2009 Wet-folded from 1 uncut square each...

HOANG TIEN QUYET — Foxes 2009 Wet-folded from 1 uncut square each...