At the end of last year, professional origami artist Sipho Mabona launched an ambitious crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to fold a life sized elephant from a single sheet of paper. After successfully reaching his campaign goal, Mabona recently completed the endeavour after a gruelling four weeks.
The white elephant stands over 10 ft (3 meters) tall and is currently on display KKLB, Switzerland. Mabona required the help of a support team to lift and fold the gigantic sheet of paper which measured 50 ft x 50 ft (15 x 15 meters). You can see picture of the process below along with a behind-the-scenes time-lapse video of the build. Credit for the project can be seen below.
Artwork by Sipho Mabona
Photography by Philipp Schmidli
On display at KKLB, Switzerland
Communication by Daniel Schriber
Project funding by 631 individuals on Indiegogo
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Behind the Scenes Time-Lapse of the Folding Process
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