PAPER SCULPTURE — TIME LAPSE FOLDING VISUAL STYLE

VISUAL STYLE: Paper sculpture and origami construction shown in time-lapse. White paper folds itself into complex forms — mountains, cities, figures, systems. The construction is visible. The finished form and the making are both the subject.

COLOUR PALETTE: White (#FFFFFF) paper as the primary surface — all shadow and depth created by the form itself, not added colour. Warm side light (#FFF5DC) that creates shadow within the folds. Deep shadow (#1A1A1A) in the recesses of complex forms. Occasional single-colour paper appears — deep teal (#042729), cream (#F8F5EE), or orange (#FF4800) — as accent elements within predominantly white compositions.

PAPER QUALITY: The specific quality of folded paper — the sharp edge of a fresh crease, the slight spring of paper wanting to return to flat, the texture of paper under raking light. This physicality is essential.

SCALE: Ambiguous. A folded mountain range could be a child's model or a landscape seen from altitude. A paper city could be a table-top diorama or an architectural model at building scale.

CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE: The fold sequence matters — not arbitrary, but following origami logic. Valley folds and mountain folds appear correctly. The paper knows what it is doing.

LIGHT: Directional side light that makes each fold edge visible. The three-dimensionality of the sculpture exists entirely in the shadows its forms cast on itself.

No photographs. No digital 3D. Only physical paper, real folds, and the shadow that reveals form throughout.