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A humble piece of paper has an amazing dream: to fly through the air! In this sculpture we witness how that dream becomes reality. At the sculpture’s base is an uncut sheet of blank paper. Through seven simple folds, represented from the base upward, the paper transforms into an airplane. Each fold symbolizes a choice or action taken to transform an idea into reality. The first step is to set a goal and then, step by step, a dream takes flight.

Paper was invented in China around 100 CE and made its way to other parts of the world, including Europe, by way of trade along the Silk Road. Paper folding seems to have developed concurrently in Asia and Europe. From Europe came the folded paper design originally thought of as an arrow, which we now call a paper plane.

“The two most important responsibilities I have as an artist are to start something from nothing and to finish it,” says Box. “Through the magic of creativity and decisions, something wonderful emerges.”