Papercraft

There are many ways for the artists to express our idea and feeling through their art works. Papercraft is one of the interesting art way to express idea and feeling, which is included in visual art.

Papercrat is when the artist use the paper to create their artwork. There are many kinds of papercraft which are very interesting and need a skillful hand and a creative brain. Artist can cut papers, glue them, or fold them to make an object or create a picture. The reason why I think papercraft is very interesting is because for me, I think the artworks that made from paper have more dimension and look more realistic.

 

 

On of the papercraft artist that inspires me is Hoang Tien Quyet. He is a professional papercraft artist who use the papers and fold them to make a creature such as animal or human, which called “Origami”. This artist is significant when he use the wet paper and fold them, so that the outline will look more active and softer, and he also create the wavy for the animal by using wet paper. When we use normal papers to fold, there will be many sharp angels and most of them are straight line, which make the artwork looks hard inactive. Therefore, Quyet uses a technique of wet paper folding to make his artworks which allows curves instead of straight line, so that they will look more realistic.

Hoang Tien Quyet inspires me because his artworks remind me of my childhood when I usually use papers and fold them with my dad to create something. I’m very interested in folding papers to make things when I was young since I think that it is the only way for me to create an object beside drawing. I also had some of the Origami tutorial books of Hoang Tien Quyet. When I see his new technique of Origami wet-folding, it give me a soft feeling toward his artworks due to the curves and rounded quality of his artwork. Quyet also inspires me by his skillfulness, meticulousity and hard working because when the paper is not wet enough, it will be dry before he folds it, but if it is too wet, the paper can be ripped or it will stick with other piece of paper. Therefore, I can see his effort and indulgence that he puts into his artworks, and I really like it.