With a love of science fiction and a fascination for all things mechanical, Greg Olijnyk built cardboard robots that looked like they came straight from stop-motion animation. "My work is the result of reading science fiction novels, collecting books by science fiction illustrators, and building dozens of plastic Airfix models," he said.
By day, Olijnyk runs his own graphic design studio in Melbourne and spends his spare time handcrafting cardboard robots. The talented artist didn't plan how his character would appear in advance. Instead, he uses his intuition and works within the constraints of the chosen material.
By using cardboard, Olijnyk is able to build a variety of geometric shapes, making it an ideal part for robots. "Cardboard is a flexible, strong material thats easy to bend, cut and wrap things around, and its cheap!" he says. The artist uses cardboard that ranges in thickness from 0.25mm to 1mm, but he occasionally changes it up. The purpose of the packing boxes found around the house.
Olijnyk carefully cuts and joins each cardboard component together using a variety of tools, including a graver, a steel ruler, tweezers, a round knife, and a hole punch. Typically, his robot models have bendable limbs and integrated LED lighting, so his beautiful creations can take months to complete.
Artist Greg Olijnyk handcrafts incredibly beautiful cardboard robots.
They look like characters from a stop-motion movie.
Some even have LED lighting!
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