Beautiful Light Fixtures Folded From A Single Sheet Of Tyvek

So you’re able to fashion a piece of free leafage into a paper crane ? Snore . Behold the skills of Jiangmei Wu , who turns single sheets of Tyvek into fabulously intricate carving that glow from within .

Wu’sFolded Light Artis the resolution of an impressive mixture of old and fresh techniques ; she designs patterns using Illustrator and AutoCAD that are then digitally creased by a vinyl cutter . She use traditional tool — aka her hands — to construct the frame , which are lastly illuminate with LEDs .

Wu became interested in the idea of giving receive slips of paper new animation as a kid growing up in China in the 1970s , turning scraps and prints into geometrical playthings . But she developed her passion while contemplate at Tongji University ’s College of Architecture and Urban Design and Planning in Shanghai .

Her studies there introduce her to the “ real employment ” of Bauhaus master Josef Albers , who challenged his students to understand construction by manipulating top-notch - modest medium like newsprint , wire , and kitchen matches .

you may see her skills in the vid below , which shows a modular piece come together .

It ’s enough to make me want to make an airplane out of the holiday junk mail that ’s piling up on my desk . [ MoCo Loco ]

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