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All works designed by me from one uncut, convex piece of paper

A note on the face as a subject

We humans are always primed to see faces, whether they’re there or not, a phenomenon called pareidolia. It is thus very easy to manufacture something that will be recognized as a face, as long as there are eyes and a mouth. I’ve included a couple examples below.  

Electrical outlet on a wall.
A clear plastic bag on a wooden table with a pair of red eyeglasses to the left and a bowl to the right.

Our sensitivity to faces is a double-edged sword: while a minimal arrangement can read as a face, we excel at spotting tiny discrepancies. So despite the simplicity of a face’s basic ingredients, capturing likeness, emotion, and the subtleties in a real face is a much more difficult folding challenge.

I begin each piece with a blank sheet, excited to find out who is waiting within it. The personality reveals itself as I fold.

I hope you enjoy :)

Crumbled blue rubber glove on a black background.

Falling Face

A detailed sculpture or relief of a human face with a beard, made of dark material with pink accents, set against a black background.

Felix Rectangulus

A sculpture of a human face with closed eyes, surrounded by layered, ruffled material resembling hair, set against a dark background.

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Crumpled brown paper with some facial features drawn on it, arranged to resemble a person's face against a black background.

Windswept 1

Sculpture of a woman's face and hair with closed eyes and neutral expression, made from a light-colored material against a black background.

Windswept 2

A crumpled white paper napkin on a dark textured surface next to a penny for size reference.

Windswept 3

Blue abstract sculpture resembling a face made of folded and layered paper or fabric, set against a black background.
An art sculpture of a human face created with crumpled teal paper on a black background.

Picasso’s Betta

Edgar Allen Pool

Crumpled orange-brown paper against a black background.

I can do anything I want!