2024-05-06T02:23:24-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/119347379/artist-charles-young-crafts-mini-paper-metropolis-on-the-daily Justine Testado 2015-01-27T14:36:00-05:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/v3/v3w8sxrl58dtqwyr.gif" border="0" /><p>No, these aren't props from an upcoming Wes Anderson film.&nbsp;These mini paper structures are all part of Paperholm, a daily project by&#8203; Scottish artist <a href="http://charlesyoung.tumblr.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Charles Young</a>&#8203;.&#8203; Constructed by hand with only watercolor paper, PVA glue, the occasional dressmaking pin, along with an eye for detail, Young is building his own cityscape, one intricate building at a time.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/uploads/gd/gdj4vbjmpgp5zix1.gif"><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/uploads/uy/uy4k9diokck2k40i.gif"></p><p>Young started making small paper models while he was studying architecture at the University of Edinburgh. After completing his M.Arch degree last summer, he eventually began Paperholm as a motivational way to test and develop his creativity and model-making skills on a daily basis.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/ic/icf57c86n6s6fba1.jpg"><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/qy/qy1x4nzw3y9k8ds0.jpg"><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/8i/8ib77xfec0qxersr.jpg"></p><p>So far, he has built an array of treehouses, churches, carousels, cabins, towers, and other urban buildings. "I especially like making the structures with a lot of cut out detail even though these take quite a long time," Young wrote via email. "I quite often find myself coming back to tower structures but I try to keep the models varied to produce a mix ...</p>