Thursday 24th February 2011 INTO THE FOLD - ART STARS WINNER ESTHER BARFRED

After three long days experimenting with different origami and 3D folding techniques in a variety of paper types, winning artist Esther Barfred has finally found the preferred method for creating her ART STAR.

She worked with mentors Hvass&Hannibal to find the right weaving technique – one they both used in a previous project – but not before experimenting with a variety of colors and introducing printed shading and spray paint to form the right illusion of depth on the flat surface of the paper.

All of these introductions to various elements of detail finally led Esther to decide on fabricating the work with a shiny, heavy white paper to focus on the construction of the complicated pattern.

Sophie from Hvas&Hannibals told ART STARS that it was a long night of folding on day three, but the star is nearing completion – and will be a nice composition of textures and dimensions.

Check out the winning artists' ideas now.

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  1. The deadline for the competition is 4th February.

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  2. I had a lot of fun making a star, thanks.

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  3. If you do not see a confirmation page after you submit and entry, that means that the entry did not ...

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  4. Hello. Many thanks for your email and interest in the project. Please find the attached file that may help. Please ...

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  5. I have just submitted my star however I am not sure if it has gone through,I haven't got an email ...

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  7. please could you tell me the deadline for the stars to be finished?

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  8. You may be any age over 18 to enter!

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