CLIFFORD BUCKLEY ART

Clifford Buckley found the art of 3D origami at a difficult point in his life. In a short period of time, he had lost his mother, his job, and his ability to drive. The building industry had crashed, and as a professional truss designer, Buckley was finding it extremely difficult to find work in his profession. It was during his exasperating twenty-two months of unemployment that he happened upon a YouTube video that ignited a spark in his spirit. It was a video on how to fold paper into triangles, and so began Buckley's journey with 3D origami. 

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As a professional truss designer, Buckley keenly understood the architecture of triangular shaped objects. Here was an opportunity to practice his trade! Granted it was on a much, much smaller scale, but he was creating again which is something he had always enjoyed about his work. He found inspiration in 3D origami and soon was turning small paper triangles into unique 3D art!

Buckley enjoys recycling and reusing different types of paper to create his pieces. His specialty is animal sculpture and complex origami wall art. Buckley states, "I often source my paper from junk mail, magazines, old brochures, telephone books, playbills and Florida Lottery tickets. It always amazes me the large amount of paper produced, used once, then thrown away or recycled. All of these pages had a specific use at one moment in time, and I enjoy the process of giving them a new life!"