mixed media artist




Paint detail
Plastic detail
Stitch detail
'Truncated'
2021 © karlienorrishmcchesney
35" x 47" (89cm x 120cm)
textiles, paint, plastic
These origami modulars have cut off ends which create openings into the hollow center; they are Truncated forms. The end is not actually cut off in the making; the paper unit has 16 folds when joined together an opening is formed. The larger blue origami is a cuboctahedron made with 24 papers, forming 8 triangles and 6 squares. The smaller orange origami is an octahedron made with 12 papers, forming 8 tringles.