Ingrid Siliakus: paper architecture

Inspired by the work of Prof. Masahiro Chatani (architect and professor in Japan), who developed similar pieces in the early 1980s, artist Ingrid Siliakus creates paper architecture. In this instance, paper architecture is the art of creating an object out of a single piece of paper. The complex design process starts with numerous prototypes made by Ingrid, that are cut and folded. To design a pattern from scratch, Siliakus utilises the skills of an architect, drawing up a two-dimensional design, which with patience and precision, becomes an ingenious three-dimensional work of paper.

Silakus describes her process; “…Working with paper forces me to be humble, since this medium has a character of its own that asks for cooperation… Paper architecture does not bare haste, it is its enemy; one moment of loss of concentration, can lead to failure of a piece… I experience an ultimate satisfaction at the critic moment when the paper, with a silenced sigh, surrenders and becomes a blade-sharp crease. The sound of the paper, which guides this surrendering, to me is incomparable.”