Pleats is a series of sharp triangular folded paper reliefs, on a soft background. Kubo Novak set out to create a series of smooth, soft-flowing compositions with a natural inner order. The resulting pieces remind Kubo of some tiny ocean lifeforms formed by the strict rules of physics and evolution.

Length 67 cm
Width 67 cm
Depth 3 cm

This yellow wall piece, a paper composition handcrafted from 77 modified hexagonal forms, is inspired by a motif that Kubo Novak found in the Doris Schattschneider´s book M.C. Escher "Visions of Symmetry." According to the source, Escher copied the motif into his notebook in 1937 from a 1923 scientific paper by German crystallographer F. Haag.

Length 67 cm
Width 67 cm
Depth 3 cm

This closed-shaped pleat, handcrafted from paper, is firmly attached to its plain paper background. Enclosed in its expressive spiky shell resides something vulnerable and shy.

Length 37 cm
Width 37 cm
Depth 3 cm

Kubo Novak switched his usual tiling method for a freer approach, a type of zig zag doodle drawn on a square grid. Kubo then took the drawing and used it as a foundation for this paper relief. The result is less pre-calculated and more intuitive compared to his other series.

Length 37 cm
Width 37 cm
Depth 3 cm

M.C. Escher loved to depict grids of pentagons, which served Kubo Novak as a geometrical skeleton for this piece. The piece, velvety blue coated paper, is made up of 60 pyramids. This pentagonal pattern has a four-fold symmetry and can be derived from a square grid. There is a kind of tension between the felt square grid background and the pentagonal figures in front of it, which Kubo especially likes.

Length 67 cm
Width 67 cm
Height 67 cm