Li Hongbo Flexible Paper Sculptures
Li Hongbo is an artist who lives and works in Beijing. At first glace you see a beautiful porcelain sculpture, when in fact your looking at thousands of layers of soft white paper, carved into busts, skulls, and human forms. Hongbo was fascinated by traditional Chinese toys and festive decorations known as paper gourds made from glued layers of thin paper. The paper can be stored flat but then opened to reveal a the shape. He applied that method of paper structure to much larger human forms resulting in these highly flexible sculptures.
Meghan DiMattia 