BCXSY: pavo space divider

detail of ‘pavo’ by BCXSY all images are courtesy BCXSY

netherlands-based designers boaz cohen & sayaka yamamoto (BCXSY) have sent us images of their most recent work. ‘pavo’ are space dividers made of folded silk-screened paper. these giant fans are the result of experiments within a collaborative project ‘groot grafiek’, initiated by grafisch atelier daglicht, de krabbedans and cbk rotterdam, who invited 10 designers and artists to explore the possibilities of big-scale (manual) printing.

front view of ‘pavo’

both sides of the paper are printed using silk screen with a lined-pattern, originally hand-drawn with felt-markers. the folding lines are being embossed using blind-print technique. once folded a unique visual effect appears on the screens’ surfaces through the wrapping and deformation of the lines.

detail

‘pavo’

actual size of ‘pavo’

view of ‘pavo’

detail

all projects are on show at the centrum beeldende kunst rotterdam (cbk rotterdam) until december 5, and then at de krabbedans center of arts until january 10, 2011.

— the making of pavo

model

fans

folding

lines

hand printing using silk screen technique

result

sheets hang to dry

big-size printing is tricky

optical effect

mounting