I recently watched PBS’s Independent Lens:  Between The Folds.  It’s a fascinating documentary about origami.  One of the subjects in the film makes the observation that folding is a fundamental design element for everything from your shirt collar to your eyelids.  Amazing how complex structures can be created from such an elementary action.  The doc had me searching out more paper sculptures and I found some truly beautiful works of art.

These creations fashioned by Anna Wili are truly imbued with the energy of the creatures they represent

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Marie Antoinette eat your heart out.  Love these gorgeous paper wigs from Amy Flurry and Nikki Salk from Paper Cut Project.

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Richard Sweeney’s modular paper sculptures make geometry look like fun . . . for him.

Richard Sweeney for Selfridges Flagship store in London.

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