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Unfolding

Title: Unfolding / Matthew Shlian.
Author: Shlian, Matthew
Publication: London ; New York, New York : Thames & Hudson, 2020.

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Description

256 pages : illustrations (some color); 26 x 26 cm

Summary

Paper engineer and artist Matthew Shlian has always recognized the material's potential for experimentation. Folded, tessellated, compressed, extrapolated, two-dimensional paper becomes three-dimensional sculpture in beautiful and unexpected ways. "My process is extremely varied from piece to piece. Often I start without a clear goal in mind, working within a series of limitations. For example on one piece I'll only use curved folds, or make my lines this length or that angle, etc. Other times I begin with an idea for movement and try to achieve that shape or form somehow." Unfolding is Shlian's first comprehensive monograph. A journey into the new possibilities of folding technology, the intricate complexities of Islamic patterns, and the sheer potential offered by a sheet of white paper, it celebrates a humble material, on the edge of its existence, elevated to timeless form and possibility.

Alternative Title

Unfolding : the paper art and science of Matthew Shlian

Subject

Genre/Form

Illustrated works.

Contents

Introduction / Diana Gaston -- A sense of wonder / Lawrence Weschler -- Early work -- Architecture -- "A place of not knowing" : an interview with Stuart Kestenbaum -- Ara series -- Science & math -- Artist as revealer / Eric Broug -- Unholy series -- Art & music -- Sketchbooks 2006-2020 -- Some caterpillars stay caterpillars.

Call Number

JQF 21-402

ISBN

0500094284
9780500094280

OCLC

1145248379

Author

Shlian, Matthew, artist.

Title

Unfolding / Matthew Shlian.

Publisher

London ; New York, New York : Thames & Hudson, 2020.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Chronological Term

2000-2099

Added Author

Gaston, Diana, contributor.

Weschler, Lawrence, contributor.

Broug, Eric, contributor.

Olsen, Johanne Lian, designer.

Research Call Number

JQF 21-402

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