The Nature of Folding: Origami Workshop at Jurlique Farm

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  Sakthivel Eakambaranathan

  Sakthivel Eakambaranathan is an emerging artist and graduate architect based in Adelaide, whose practice merges storytelling with material exploration, geometry and spatial narrative. Trained in architecture and landscape design, he is drawn to the intricate forms and processes found in the natural world, using biomimicry to reinterpret nature’s logic through contemporary design and fabrication. Origami sits at the centre of his practice, a discipline that began as a personal meditative habit and has grown into a core design methodology. The precision of folding has given him a spatial intuition that he now applies well beyond paper, working across aluminium, mild steel, acrylic, wood and resin. His signature technique folds sheet metal into sculptural forms that hold the delicacy of paper alongside the permanence of industrial materials. Light and material interaction are a constant thread through his installations, which are designed to shift with their environment, responding to daylight, movement and human presence. He is especially engaged by the reflective and refractive behaviour of folded metal, and by the unexpected ways audiences interact with his work, moments he sees as essential to a piece’s ongoing life. Sakthivel’s installations have been shown across Australia and India, including Seeded Continuum at the Palmer Sculpture Biennial, The Orb at Brighton Jetty and SALA in the Park, Cellular Stories for the Adelaide Nature Festival, and works presented at the Ambient India Expo and Asian Heritage Foundation in New Delhi. His commissioned work spans lighting, furniture and installation for clients including 2gethr Hub, Yum Yum Cha Restaurant and Roda Residence.