On Friday we were lucky enough to have the talented paper sculpturist Richard Sweeney, where he explained and demonstrated his skills. He is a delicate experimental artist who achieves such beautiful sculptural work through trial and error, creating dozens of prototypes which he develops and tweaks as he works.
The task he created was for us to create a 3D form from a single sheet of A5 white card, with the restrictions being only using the one sheet, cutting, scarring and ripping and using no adhesive. At first it seemed an epic waste of time but after a while I discovered you can create some delicate crisp forms which I would have never been able to think of unless built.
^First Prototype - crisp with twirled orbiting swirls^
^Second prototype, less excited by..^
^Same piece as before, angles can make all the difference^
^Curved almost-symettrical sculpture, interesting light patterns^
^Close up of above, distorted oval central, using slots to join pieces^
^In progression of creating a more intricate of before, looks like lasagne :)^
^Close up of further developed model, linear meets curves^
My family of developed pieces, all modified but similar
I enjoyed this task, never worked in this way before and am impressed by the intricate outcomes, paper is over-looked as a medium. Working with a professional artist was helpful, inciting and interesting. :)
