Laser-cut art book by Olafur Eliasson May 8th, 2007
Artist Olafur Eliasson created this piece, a laser-cut negative space rendering of his house in 85:1 scale:
It’s made of 454 slices, bound together in a book. Apparently it was quite a difficult process to put together, due to the complex constraints that were put upon the paper. From what I understand it was commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art in NYC.
The folks that produced the book are a laser-cutting house that specializes in paper-cutting, called Visionen in Papier (Visions in Paper). I’m actually even more interested in what they are capable of doing, and the kinds of services they provide- check out some of their other examples of their work.
As this piece combines books, paper cutting, laser cutters, architecture, and paper making, it hits a broad area of things I really enjoy- so I pass it along to you, readers, in the hope you find it interesting as well.
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Posted in art, design, paper | Comments (21)
May 8th, 2007 at 6:10 am
Thanks so much for posting this Eric! Olafur Eliasson is probably my favorite artist, and I had heard he was making this, but this is the first I’ve seen of it. Fabulous!
May 8th, 2007 at 5:33 pm
Hi. well its my first comment in your page, i just want yo say WOW thats awesome
May 9th, 2007 at 3:17 am
wow… like always, I am amazed at the versitility of a piece (or multiple) of paper… wow…
May 24th, 2007 at 2:16 am
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May 29th, 2007 at 6:38 am
yes! oh dear…i saw this at an art book/print fair in nyc- it was ‘reasonably’ priced for what it was (i think they were selling their copy for $1500 - already they are going for way more) gorgeously detailed. one piece of art i wish i could have purchased.
i’m happy to see it again!
May 30th, 2007 at 8:18 am
AMAZING. AMAZING.
July 17th, 2007 at 4:16 am
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July 23rd, 2007 at 3:24 pm
I’ve seen it, too, at MoMA, when it was published last fall. It was published by the MoMA Library Council, whose supporters got first dibs on the edition [though I thought it was more like $3,000]. Anyway, it’s spectacular, and a marvel to flip through [not that I flipped, more like "carefully paged," of course]
July 25th, 2007 at 2:31 am
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August 27th, 2007 at 11:45 am
[...] Monday, August 27th, 2007 in Uncategorized by erin l. Your House is a fascinating combination of architecture, design, bookmaking, and computer technologies that ultimately restulted in a scaled house made from 454 slices of paper bound together as a book. You can see more images of this piece at Origami Tessellations and at Visions in Paper (the laser-cutting house that produced the book). [...]
September 15th, 2007 at 8:00 pm
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December 23rd, 2007 at 7:20 pm
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January 24th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
thats hella sick!
January 25th, 2008 at 5:05 am
if you like that then you should check out brian dettmer
http://cedison.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/brian-dettmer-is-a-fantastical-creator/
http://www.haydeerovirosa.com/index.php?modus_id=1&page_id=44&type_id=1
February 5th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Delightful and creative! It so amazes me that humans are capable of. Thanks for posting this artwork. I would love to see a video of this book showing someone flipping the pages - art in motion.
April 15th, 2008 at 2:38 am
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April 16th, 2008 at 11:07 am
I just saw a copy of this at the Design Museum in London - very cool. If you are interested in laser-cutting check out http://www.ponoko.com - it lets you upload design files and get laser cut material mailed back to your doorstep