Name/Title
(C) - Kwan, Daniel (China/USA) - Six Interlocking Pentagonal PrismsEntry/Object ID
2016.15.2Description
Daniel Kwan is one of the founders of the group of young folders dubbed The Wireframe Guys for their affinity for kusudamas made with thin paper rectangles. This model was made using 90 rectangles of color copy paper, folded and interlocked with no glue.Context
Between 2012 and 2016, this model went on a four-year journey with "Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami". Organized by International Arts & Artists, it became one of its most successful traveling exhibitions, welcomed by museums and libraries across the United States.To build on the legacy of the project, co-curator Meher McArthur proposed that, at the end of the tour, a version of it find a permanent home at the Museo del Origami, which, at that time, was still under construction in Uruguay. As a result, many of the works from the exhibition were generously donated by the artists and became the foundation of the museum’s collection.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Kwan, DanielRole
Designer and folderDate made
2002Notes
About the artist:
Daniel Kwan (b.1986, Chinese American), discovered origami at the age of five while attending Chinese school and soon became immersed in books by Tomoko Fuse and other origami masters. A regular attendee of OrigamiUSA conventions since 1997, he began designing his own modular pieces around 2002. He specializes in edge-based modules to create intricate polyhedral compounds, like the ones featured in this exhibition. By 2008, his exploration of origami expanded to include tessellations. (Source: Meher McArthur and Robert J. Lang, Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami (Washington, D.C.: International Arts & Artists, 2011), ISBN 978-0-9662859-6-3.)