"Press-Origami", by Masha Revva
Origami Tessellations + Press-Prints on Paper June 20 -- July 4 th , 2017 Jerusalem Artisans Gallery (Beit Ot Hamotzar Hayerushalmi) 12 Hebron Street, Jerusalem, Israel This is a fine, understated exhibit by a leading Israeli origami artist, strangely moving given that the works in it are entirely non-figurative. It brings together tessellations —tile-like patterns from folded paper, each built out of minute folds of a single, uncut sheet—with old-fashioned press-prints in color, also on paper, made by passing the equivalents of these same folded objects under a heavy roller after inking. What's strange is that even though everything h ere is pattern and geometry, so much emotion—even specific ideas of nostalgia, hope, determination—manages to be conveyed. This is also a welcome departure from standard origami exhibitions where one either displays arty-looking paperfolds or efforts to make origami “practical” (fold-up solar collectors for satellites; robotic wheels that expand, ...