Papercraft Research

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At first, the article that inspired me was the Retro Electronics done with paper made by Zim and Zou and they have done a really insane job at recreating old retro objects. Just being able to recreate objects down to the details is something that has an affinity with me. However after just browsing around the website over the weekend, I actually stumbled across another artist who recreated vintage cameras, and that artist's name is Lee Ji Hee.


Lee Ji Hee recreated these cameras down to the little details of the original, however, the only thing changed between the original and his papercrafts are the colors. He does this to give the camera a more updated aesthetics and that's something that I am completely interested in. Especially the cameras.


 Unlike in modern days where one can casually take a photo from their cellular devices. Like the artist, there's this nostalgic feel to vintage cameras where there is some weight to it, has all these mechanical parts, and dials for you to take a photo. And for me especially, I've always had interest in film photography. The idea of taking photos without knowing the final result until it's been printed is something that intrigues me, and it kinda makes you more aware of the space you're in when taking that photo. And especially with vintage cameras, all the photos are taken without a battery and it's all done with gears and through kinetic motion. And with paper, its possible to actually have a somewhat functioning camera where the parts can all move and hopefully when we dive into recreating these objects, I hope to take the next step further and create moving parts and such for the project.



Sources:
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2017/07/paper-vintage-film-cameras/
https://www.behance.net/gallery/55117785/Classic-Camera-series(Making-film)
http://sobadsogood.com/2017/07/31/incredibly-detailed-paper-recreations-classic-cameras/
http://www.jihee-paperwork.com/

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