Dream small: paper wonders by Charles Young
So you think you cannot build a house? You assume you must go through years of learning and get some degree? Well, you are completely wrong. You can even build a city, trust us! Or better trust this guy, Charles Young, Edinburgh-based artist who has built (and still building) a whole city with a help of mere scissors, paper, and glue.
It all begun in the summer of 2014, when Young decided to give it a go and take on the paper modeling. He was already fluent in this field, but wanted to set a bit of a challenge and practice each single day. So he decided to make a structure on a daily basis.
His skills had improved drastically and we can observe the progress of his first steps. On Young’s Tumblr archive you can follow artist’s improvement month by month. “Why first steps?”, you might ask. Well, because he didn’t exactly stop there.
Charles Young prolonged his project for a year. He came from the simple buildings and shapes to the complex cityscapes that create a whole new narrative! Some of his works are moving and he animated them into GIFs. It is almost impossible to get your eyes of this amazing paper architecture!
And the best part is – he is still doing it! None the less, he continued to build his paper city for almost three years! Now his megapolis totals in 635 structures; some of them are even moving! With precision and persistence worthy of respect, Young has created his own little world with a big heart to it. Every little detail is well thought of, structures evolved in a most sophisticated manner.
The moral of this story is very simple. You do not need much to achieve your goals; just dedication and a lot of practice. While people think big, sometimes it is really useful to think small.