Gallery: Man Creates a Teeming, Tiny City Out of Paper, One Building at a Time
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Every day, artist Charles Young creates a miniature building out of paper and glue.
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Young has built everything from humble cottages to oil derricks to rocket launch pads.
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Young draws on hundreds of years of architectural history, but allows his sculptures to take on poetic dimensions.
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Even minimal animations give the product a sense of life.
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Vroom, Vroom.
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Office building.
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Gantry.
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Bus Station.
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Circling.
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Garage door.
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Animated elements added a new creative option to Young's palette.
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Radio tower.
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Young was trained as an architect, but treats *Paperholm* as a creative release.
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Working with irregular bases forced Young to find creative, atypical forms.
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Recent designs have evolved into surreal home/hen hybrids.
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More recently, Young has been adding vehicles or all sorts to his structures.
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"I really like doing the pieces with a lot of cut out detail, although they do take a long time," says Young.
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"The ongoing daily project came from a desire to force myself to make something every day," says Young.
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Lattice.
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Beach house.
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Crane.
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Farmhouse with weathervane.
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Spire.
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Fire engine.
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The first month of the series was marked by simple architectural forms.
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As the series progressed, Young experimented with bases to add a random element to his creative process.
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The most recent works feature moving cars, perhaps a sign that the series will begin to connect soon.
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Moving pieces and animation became common as *Paperholm* expanded.
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