# Unfolding

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![Unfolding](https://quivercdn.com/covers/thames-and-hudson/matthew-shlian/unfolding_978-05-0029-698-1.jpg?v=2026-07-15%2001%3A12%3A30)

- Authors: [Matthew Shlian](https://www.bookquiver.com/matthew-shlian), [Eric Broug](https://www.bookquiver.com/eric-broug), [Stuart Kestenbaum](https://www.bookquiver.com/stuart-kestenbaum), [Lawrence Weschler](https://www.bookquiver.com/lawrence-weschler), [Diana Gaston](https://www.bookquiver.com/diana-gaston)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2021-02-18

## Description

Paper engineer and artist Matthew Shlian has always recognized the material's potential for experimentation. Folded, tessellated, compressed, extrapolated, two-dimensional paper becomes three-dimensional sculpture in beautiful and unexpected ways.'My process is extremely varied from piece to piece. Often I start without a clear goal in mind, working within a series of limitations. For example on one piece I'll only use curved folds, or make my lines this length or that angle, etc. Other times I begin with an idea for movement and try to achieve that shape or form somehow.'Unfolding is Shlian's first comprehensive monograph. A journey into the new possibilities of folding technology, the intricate complexities of Islamic patterns, and the sheer potential offered by a sheet of white paper, it celebrates a humble material, on the edge of its existence, elevated to timeless form and possibility.

## Editions

### Unfolding

- Publisher: thames_and_hudson
- ISBN: 978-05-0029-698-1
- Pages: 256
- Published: 2021-02-18
- Language: en_GB