recent explorations with the art of pop-ups. This includes smaller, single-spread folds utilizing paper engineering techniques to create engaging and interactive artist books.
"Evolve" is a four-spread project of only ninety degree folds created with the goal to communicate the complex concept of evolution in a very simple way. We began as a cell, the basis of life, and over time developed from ocean animals, to land-mammals, and eventually to people!
"Lilith's Cave" – a Tunnel book depicting the Medieval Jewish folktale from Howard Schwartz's retelling and collection. In the story, there is an alternate world only visible through mirrors, where demons and evil temptations exist.
In Lilith’s Cave, there is a mirror stolen from a haunted home and hung in the daughter’s room of a family. Over time, the daughter of the demoness Lilith from inside the mirror influenced the girl to act in ways deemed undesirable for a woman at the time. This story represents the mirrored, mystical world in this folklore as well as a female-centered narrative. In the original context of the story, it sends a message to young girls about vanity, modesty, and chastity. However, in the modern context, one can draw a different conclusion from the story about being a woman in a patriarchal society and the restrictions on freedoms that come from it.
shown above are images of a Transformation Tetra-Flexagon, where a single sheet of paper is folded in a way that can create many hidden images. In interacting with this piece, the viewer is encouraged to discover how the book enfolds on itself to reveal a new face or perspective.
