my name is marshall alexander. i am a dutch paper engineer, based in arnhem, and my work mainly focuses on the creation of papertoys. i either create completely new characters from scratch or i transform existing characters into papermodels. my speciality is one-piece papertoys, models that consist of a single flat piece of paper, which by intricate folding is transformed into a 3-dimensional model. i also create more complex templates consisting of several parts that are glued together to construct the final model. i've have done commissioned work for the toy industry, for promotional purposes and for books and magazines. growing up in the seventies and eighties, my personal work is heavily inspired by retro design, videogames, movies, bright plastic toys and tv cartoons.
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