The Bizarre, Flexible Paper Sculptures of Li Hongbo

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What at first look like delicate works of carved porcelain are actually thousands of layers of soft white paper, carved into busts, skulls, and human forms by Beijing artist Li Hongbo. A book editor and designer, the artist became fascinated by traditional Chinese toys and festive decorations known as paper gourds made from glued layers of thin paper which can be stored flat but then opened to reveal a flower or other shape. He applied the same honeycomb-like paper structure to much larger human forms resulting in these highly flexible sculptures. Hongbo recently had a solo show at Dominik Mersch Gallery in Australia who made the videos above, and you can see much more of his work on their website.

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/02/the-flexible-paper-sculptures-of-li-hongbo/

[Agschmid]

1. AMAZING!

Kick and Rec!

[siligut]

2. Very cool

[NewJeffCT]

3. cool

the 30 second video is worth the watch.

[In_The_Wind]

4. Very interesting, rug.

[Graybeard]

5. Video here:

I found this on You Tube:

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6. Thanks.

It looks like flexible foam.

[NV Whino]

7. Slinkies!

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9. Lol

Imagine how much they'd make if they sold Slinkie skulls.

[IcyPeas]

8. I'd love to watch him make one of these

they are amazing - beautiful

[cyberswede]

10. That is so cool!

Thanks for posting!