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By giving in to his obsession with Origami, Ford folded 1 000 cranes in all colours, patterns and types of paper available. His adjacent studies take the form of watercolour and Gouache paintings and digital illustrations of the folded cranes. In a cyclical way he turned his studies into patterns, created his own paper designs and used these to fold more cranes. The 1,000 Origami Cranes are impaled on 100 stainless steel rods, forming a cubic installation of elegant brutality. Ford has also created a computer animation of infinitely spinning rainbow cranes and large intricate pattern prints, inspired by the numerous Origami papers used, that references the more contemporary Japanese culture.
Ford will be accompanying the exhibition with his own limited edition Origami paper design, and folding instructions for a classic Origami crane, downloadable from the FERREIRA PROJECTS website for the duration of the show.
James R Ford has had work commissioned for the permanent collection at the Swedish Museum of Modern Art and has co-written and illustrated the book House Gymnastics.
18 April - 10 May
OPENING TIMES: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 18.00
OPENING NIGHT: 17 April 18.00 - 21.00
