Michael Velliquette is an artist renowned for his meticulously crafted paper sculptures. Choosing paper as his medium is a deliberate decision to transform a simple material into a gateway to extraordinary realms. By emphasizing the texture, weight, and form of paper, Velliquette brings attention to its intrinsic physical qualities and transient nature. His works are both abstract arrangements of colored paper and structures that evoke images of fortresses, layered mandalas, or intricate mechanical gears. Through an exacting process of measuring, cutting, and assembling pieces of paper into intricate forms, he elevates this humble material into something mesmerizing. Entirely hand-cut and assembled, Velliquette’s sculptures can take hundreds of hours to complete.
