Most of us love paper and mud but few will take it as far as Sachin George Sebastion did. For the25-year-old graphic designer, his love has translated into pop-up books and an art show purely based on his passion for turning paper into magic and telling a story. Take a look at his tryptch www.27sachin.blogspot.com. Growing up he found paper to be most accessible as well as affordable. He would turn the flexible paper into temporary toys, a bit like Origami, the Japanese art of paper cutting. Sachin loved to work with his hands more than sitting in front of a box (read computer) and create things. Paper as a medium came easily to his hand. Keeping the base material as paper, he tries to explore the material on both its structural as well as visual properties. To him paper creates magic when arranged in certain patterns. Maybe his love for geometry has something to do with it!! Pop-up books came much later as he completed his graduation and came to Bangalore in search of a job. A pop-up book brought at a second hand book store and brought for him by his friend enthralled him to such an extent that he could not sleep for days. Mesmerized by the fact that when you open a page, the unexpected can happen; a story is told, a scenario is created in space, without even reading it!! For him everything seemed to fall into place, his love for geometry and paper came together. And those sleepless nights inspired his own pop-up book. So starting from scratch, putting aside his plans for a job, he started exploring paper engineering. He would freelance to make ends meet. After mastering the techniques of pop-ups, the exploration continued
beyond the pages of a book. He did not plan for his work to end up in an art show but is thrilled that his ideas and paper art which gave him pleasure have been received so well. Sachin considers ideas like ‘eggs with wings’ and quickly translates them into self initiated projects instead of waiting to execute them later. Luckily for him his clients find him through happy serendipity. Armed with scissors, a cutter and a cutting mat, this magician takes anything from a week to a few months to complete a project. However as this self taught paper engineer says, “A good understanding of geometry and a very good recollection of previous mistakes helps a lot in better and faster output.” He derives his inspiration from nature and the disturbance caused by seeing how nature has been changed for “development” of humankind/nation, etc. This gives him an idea for future projects. Though he has no plans for the future, he will continue to go where inspiration leads him. www.27sachin.blogspot.com
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