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Folded with a kiss: sensuous origami artworks – in pictures

Polly Verity’s introduction to the world of origami came at the age of eight, when she read Your Book of Paperfolding, by her step-grandfather Eric de Maré and his first wife, Vanessa. “The idea that you could take a piece of paper and transform it into something else was really exciting,” says the Wales-based artist. She soon learned how to make complex geometric patterns and figurative pieces using only her fingers and wet watercolour paper. “Very subtle changes can make huge amounts of difference further down
the line,” she says. “I allow the paper to inform what I’m doing. You can only fold the paper, you can’t stretch it out. And that limitation is frustrating, but it’s also the joy of working with it.”

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