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Discovering beauty in napkins


Updated: 2010-09-13 13:15
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It is a dazzling array of birds, fans and intricate structures, all made simply from folded linen: A lost Renaissance art that has been revived for a Vienna exhibit called Folded Beauty.

But the new show at the Imperial Furniture Collection isn't really about napkins. And to be honest, it isn't really an exhibit either, says the artist behind it, more of a life-sized research project.

Joan Sallas, 47, a Catalan master of folding techniques, spent three months folding 200 meters of linen into more than 100 objects for the show.

All are copies of 16th and 17th-century originals, but his only guides were old engravings and documents describing imperial and royal banquets.

So his work was akin to deciphering a coded message, Sallas said at a preview of the show, which opened last week and runs until Jan 23.

"This isn't an exhibit, it's a research project in the form of an exhibit," he said. "The heart is not the objects that are here on display but the research, which evolves dynamically."

While dozens of examples of folded napkins are on show, the most impressive pieces are not the kind you would ever unfold on your lap.

Supported by a wooden structure, a towering eagle and lion rear up against an intricate pagoda, to form a four-meter-long table-top display.

Nearby, an even longer snake slithers along one wall, while elaborate peacocks, turkeys and even a crab and turtle - all made of delicate folds - sit on the various cases.

These were used as table decorations at major banquet functions.

"It's a luxury art that was practiced at the table of every European court, and there are so many different forms because the courts competed over who had the most beautifully dressed table," said Ilsebill Barta, a scientific consultant at the Imperial Furniture Collection.

The art of folding paper and fabric goes back centuries - the first recorded use of folded napkins in Europe was in 1529 - and did not originate in Asia as commonly believed.

But this tradition has all but disappeared.

"I am very happy that we can spread this knowledge here, because it has actually been completely lost. Mr Sallas has revived it," Barta said.

There are eight folding techniques - including fans, rolls and lilies - which Sallas used as keys to decode the historic works.

With linen specially commissioned from a former supplier of the Austrian imperial court, he created a ship in full sail, snowy mountain peaks and Renaissance-style headpieces.

"My favorite piece is always the one I haven't deciphered yet, the one I don't know how to fold yet," he said.

"It is incredibly exciting for a researcher to investigate how an object was folded. You can sit there for days and nights, until you understand how an object was folded."

Sallas, who is also a cartoonist and makes his own folded creations, learned to fold paper from his grandfather as a child, and the passion stayed with him.

He now teaches in prisons and schools, believing that folding paper and fabric can be therapeutic, and he will give regular workshops at the museum.

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(中國日報網英語點津 Helen 編輯)

Discovering beauty in napkins

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Discovering beauty in napkins

Nelly Min is an editor at China Daily with more than 10 years of experience as a newspaper editor and photographer. She has worked at major newspapers in the U.S., including the Los Angeles Times and the Detroit Free Press. She is fluent in Korean and has a 2-year-old son.

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