Catalan artist - the world's leading authority on historic linen folding - Joan Sallas created these amazing napkin-made artworks.
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The Catalan master of folding techniques spent three months folding 200 metres (656 feet) of linen into more than 100 objects for his Vienna exhibit called "Folded Beauty".
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He has almost single-handedly revived the extraordinary art, which first appeared in Renaissance Italy and reached its zenith in German speaking lands in the 1600s, guided by old engravings and documents describing imperial and royal banquets.
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"This isn't an exhibit, it's a research project in the form of an exhibit."
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"The heart is not the objects that are here on display but the research, which evolves dynamically."
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"My favourite piece is always the one I haven't deciphered yet, the one I don't know how to fold yet."
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"It is incredibly exciting for a researcher to investigate how an object was folded: you can sit there for days and nights, until you understand how an object was folded."
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There are eight folding techniques - including fans, rolls and lilies - which he used as keys to decode the historic works.
Source: AFP
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The Catalan master of folding techniques spent three months folding 200 metres (656 feet) of linen into more than 100 objects for his Vienna exhibit called "Folded Beauty".
[link]He has almost single-handedly revived the extraordinary art, which first appeared in Renaissance Italy and reached its zenith in German speaking lands in the 1600s, guided by old engravings and documents describing imperial and royal banquets.
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[link]"This isn't an exhibit, it's a research project in the form of an exhibit."
[link]"The heart is not the objects that are here on display but the research, which evolves dynamically."
[link]"My favourite piece is always the one I haven't deciphered yet, the one I don't know how to fold yet."
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[link]"It is incredibly exciting for a researcher to investigate how an object was folded: you can sit there for days and nights, until you understand how an object was folded."
[link]There are eight folding techniques - including fans, rolls and lilies - which he used as keys to decode the historic works.
Source: AFP
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