Wet Folding!

I was intrigued how Richard Sweeney created such curved and fluent shapes in his pleated models. I found that he actually used a technique called wet folding where you fold the paper whilst it is damp. This makes the paper much more flexible and lets you easily form curved surfaces. When the paper dries it keeps it's shape, becoming rigid. I researched into the technique and how it works. Its a pretty basic technique but is quite tricky to get right. The paper needs to be moistened used a damp cloth. Get the right amount of water on the paper is the tricky part. Getting it too wet means it will start to tear and fall apart, not getting it wet enough means it will dry to quickly and basically it won't work. All in all doesnt sound too complicated....so i gave it a go!