ArtistHadieh Shafiehas developed her own twist on the centuries-old craft ofpaper quillingresulting in striking abstract works.
Her most recent sculptures feature hand-painted strips of paper rolled to form slender pyramids and thick coils.
The individual shapes are then arranged into larger circles or rectangles for a kaleidoscopic effect.
I used to count.
I no longer do.
I just move forward in repetition.
Hadieh Shafie has developed her own twist on the centuries-old craft of paper quilling.
Shafie takes the opportunity to create full paintings on the paper before cutting them into the strips.
Sometimes, she’ll write the same word thousands of times.
