Tuesday 10 May 2011

Water Origami

The video is truly amazing, it was retweeted on twitter by @bookloverRAH from a post by @uponafold.

Flottille (detail) from Etienne Cliquet on Vimeo.



Don’t let the rather simple geometric images above fool you, watch the video. Using small pieces of paper (just 2-3cm wide) artist Stephen Ratcliffe has created delicately folded origami pieces that once placed in water begin to bloom, the result of capillary action as the paper absorbs water. Beautiful.


Flottille (detail) from Etienne Cliquet on Vimeo.


(via reddit)

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