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We are building this ship as we sail it

Title from Kay Ryan's poem We are building the ship as we sail it

my god I love Kay Ryan.

Papercuts Video from the Michigan Daily

Paper Cuts from Michigan Daily on Vimeo.

Thanks to Sam and Marissa

me and Maxine series

Huge thanks to Gretchen for framing, Melissa for photography and Maxine for everything else.

black Jesus and the orange juice fiasco

5 minute talk I gave at Ignite Ann Arbor:

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paper tile pattern 9 in x 9 in

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51 designs later. . .
I need a term for this type of construction.

Someday all this will be dirt

4 days in August & Verona

click to see large

i never sleep

sleep is the cousin of death

TEDx video now online!

I'm very funny.

Matt Shlian - “Implications of Paper Folding” from TedEx 6 on Vimeo.

Matt Shlian turns 30!

Tomorrow I turn thirty and I'm having a $30 virtual yard sale on my
site. Tons of prints, drawings etc and all the proceeds are benefiting
the Crohn's / Colitis Foundation of America. Please help me spread the word!
I need to clean out my studio before I move to my new space - The Dharma Initiative...

edit:
sold 12 drawings in the first hour. One drawing sold 6 times....I'm teaching this week and will do my best to update the site with which work has sold.
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edit 2: site online for less than a day and nearly half the work has sold! this is amazing. best birthday ever.

edit 3: it's 9pm and we've raised over $1200. I'm crying right now.

edit 4:SALE IS OVER--- in a week we raised $1453!!

Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who bought some work!!
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Siggraph 2010

Come on over to Siggraph in LA this year (July 25- 29th) stop by the STUDIO!
I'll be there with an all-star team showing people how to make inflatable sculpture.
RAD!
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I'M AN UNCLE!!

WHATS UP REBECCA EVELYN??!!?
this is how i feel right now


I cannot wait to be crazy uncle matt who folds things.

Back in the studio

I've got a block of time to work in the studio and I'm thrilled about it. Working on a few commissions and a few collages. The second shipment of MURQ just came in and the reaction has been great so far! Happy summer everyone.
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Apple news

One week from today I'll be at Apple in Cupertino presenting my work. I'm very excited to spend the week in San Francisco. West coast friends let's get together!
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Grafik Award

I created these awards along with Amelia Noble for Grafik Magazine. Peter Saville and Wim Crouwel both presented them to the winners. Totally Geeked.
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Mr. Weschler's Wonder Cabinet (part 2)

talking bout paper

after my talk this happened


Thanks a million to Ren for organizing this event!

DATA FLOW 2

Just came in the mail today and it is HUGE and so so beautiful. I can't wait to spend some quality time with it.


David Bowen makes crazy drawing machines, and he's a nice guy too.


Natalie Miebach also makes crazy things based on weather patterns, she is also very nice.


Sweeney and Racine and Ivanyi and Shlian. I haven't met these people yet, which is strange because Richard and I seem to run in the same circles. I'm sure they are all nice.


Shlian & Voight. Voight is probably nice too

Murq book preview

TEDx and Festifools

This past weekend I spoke at the TEDx event for the Univeristy of Michigan and had my paper engineering students march at the yearly Festifools event.

The site of TEDx


The talk went well and I'm told will be available on the TED site shortly.


My paper engineers killed it!!


Daniel demonstrates the robot while I demonstrate my paper fanny pack.


Maddie and Chrissy!


Yes!


The parade was surreal. Giant puppets and Enochlophobia


The next major project has begun at WCC where my students are working in the woods to create this yarn explosion! more pics soon.

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TEDx University of Michigan Tomorrow

I stab art.

Come see the TEDx event tomorrow at the Biomedical Science Research Building, 109 Zina Pitcher Place in Ann Arbor. Starts at 9 goes until 4. I'm rocking at 1:50.
Cant be there? Go here instead and stream it. Woo!

MURQ book is here

Edition of 100
7 x 7 in
120 pages hard cover
includes all of 2007's Ghost town and 60 pages of new work
comes signed with additional special edition MURQ drawing
Ships May 1st
purchase here

Computer arts projects magazine

I was recently interviewed in Computer arts projects magazine from the UK. I advise people to stop using computers and start folding paper. There is also a nice article about Yulia too.
Available now at Barnes and Noble.

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