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Jetée · 11-12-2010, 09:51 PM

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Even Captain Bligh did not have to suffer this. Cast adrift in an open boat, yes. Cast adrift in an open boat made of paper, no.

And all in the name of art.

To be fair to the German conceptual artist Frank Bolter, who has been making a name for himself in London this past week by floating his outsize origami on the Thames, I only had myself to blame.

Every schoolboy has spent hours trying to fold the perfect paper dart , a stiletto-nosed jet designed for speed or a lazy glider with broad wings for swooping and acrobatics.

Some of us moved on to boats, launching them in baths and basins or, occasionally. the local pond.

But yesterday my endeavours were on a different scale as I helped 40-year-old Frank to cart the three rolls of paper that would make his latest 18ft-long vessel from a hire van to the quayside in St Katherine Docks near Tower Bridge in London.

Together with a curious gaggle of other people, we rolled them out and watched him seal them together with a heat gun. We picked up loose ends and laboriously folded them as he stood on the dock armed with nothing more than a tiny scrap of paper with which he practised each fold before telling us what to do.

‘I have only done this eight times before and sometimes I forget,’ he said. ‘I have never let anyone else ride inside before.’

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Bill Mouland carries the paper to be turned into an origami boat by German artist Frank Bolter

Artist Frank Bolter, left, tells his helpers how to construct the boat

The last few folds are created before the origami vessel is ready for launch...but will it float?

The boat is launched - we didn't say this was going to be graceful

Captain Bill Mouland takes command of his paper flagship for his Thames voyage - a successful one

[DailyMail.]

11-12-2010, 09:51 PM	#70 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	The Incredible Makeshift Floating Paper Boat ... Even Captain Bligh did not have to suffer this. Cast adrift in an open boat, yes. Cast adrift in an open boat made of paper, no. And all in the name of art. To be fair to the German conceptual artist Frank Bolter, who has been making a name for himself in London this past week by floating his outsize origami on the Thames, I only had myself to blame. Every schoolboy has spent hours trying to fold the perfect paper dart , a stiletto-nosed jet designed for speed or a lazy glider with broad wings for swooping and acrobatics. Some of us moved on to boats, launching them in baths and basins or, occasionally. the local pond. But yesterday my endeavours were on a different scale as I helped 40-year-old Frank to cart the three rolls of paper that would make his latest 18ft-long vessel from a hire van to the quayside in St Katherine Docks near Tower Bridge in London. Together with a curious gaggle of other people, we rolled them out and watched him seal them together with a heat gun. We picked up loose ends and laboriously folded them as he stood on the dock armed with nothing more than a tiny scrap of paper with which he practised each fold before telling us what to do. ‘I have only done this eight times before and sometimes I forget,’ he said. ‘I have never let anyone else ride inside before.’ ... Bill Mouland carries the paper to be turned into an origami boat by German artist Frank Bolter Artist Frank Bolter, left, tells his helpers how to construct the boat The last few folds are created before the origami vessel is ready for launch...but will it float? The boat is launched - we didn't say this was going to be graceful Captain Bill Mouland takes command of his paper flagship for his Thames voyage - a successful one [DailyMail.] __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi Last edited by Jetée; 11-12-2010 at 09:54 PM..