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AN ELEPHANTINE TASK “A lot of people often ask if I'm the origami world champion. That's a bit like asking if you’re the best artist in the world. It's about the way you interpret the art form.”
Sipho Mabona, an origami artist from Lucerne, has captured the imagination of people around the world by folding a life-sized elephant from a single giant sheet of paper. Now on display in the KKLB museum, the crowd-funded White Elephant project has been making waves through the blogosphere. INTERVIEW BY JENNIFER DAVIES