Paperholm - A growing paper city, by Charles Young

In August 2014, Charles Young began creating paperholm, a collection of buildings, which he created, photographed and uploaded to his Website everyday.

Each unique building or object is created with 200gsm watercolour paper and glue. The construction is very quick and allows “exploration of diverse areas of architecture, pushing the possibilities of this single material.” Many of the parts are mechanical in some way, which include a Windmill, a weather vein and a moving car. Moving parts are filmed with simple stop motion animation.

All the objects combine to make an Island, with the second Island of objects currently being constructed.

Below, is a video, which Charles Young has created using 60 paper buildings and several vehicles. It shows a brief insight into what is involved in the process.

Some of Charles’ other projects include various other paper models, miniatures, models, drawings and photography. Below is a selection of some of his other work.

You can view all his work here, or contact him directly: paperholm@gmail.com