Creativity in Libraries (1 of 3)

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Creativity in Libraries (1 of 3)

It started when we were on the east coast last year. We had gone through our reading material, so my daughter and I decided to check out the local library. There in the lobby was a display case featuring the work of paper folding artist Sophia Han, (foldsandcrafts@gmail.com).


Honestly from across the room I thought this was actually a living cactus!... this is constructed of paper!! She also had a few smaller items which seemed simple, but I'm sure require a good deal of proficiency. 

I'm glad she included these items in her display; they helped give an idea of the folding 
techniques used in tackling the more complex three dimensional plants/flowers.


What I appreciated about this work was its adventurous spirit. I could almost hear a conversation with the artist... (me) "You are clearly very good at paper folding, but why did you create this cactus? Why try to replicate nature?" (Sophia) "I wanted to see if it could be done... and why not?!" 

 Yeah! Why not push to see what new heights we can reach?  What new things can be accomplished?

 I've filed our little excursion under the heading of: "you never know what you might run across when you keep your eyes open". And you never know how it might get you thinking. 

 It made me wonder what I have been missing in other libraries... 



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