Sergei Tarasov completed his incredible modular origami models of Saint Basil's Cathedral, Moscow.
The art teacher built the replica at home in the Siberian village of Tigritskoye.
By Alex Horlock
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| Remarkable: Sergei Tarasov, 42, puts the finishing touches to his incredible modular origami model of Saint Basil's Cathedral at his home in Tigritskoye. |
The school teacher spent the past year meticulously building the incredibly accurate replicas of the historic landmark in the Russian capital with tens of thousands of pieces of paper.
The 42-year-old, from the village of Tigritskoye in southern Russia, has plenty to show for all his hard work, as he unveiled the awe-inspiring work he built at home, which stands at 1.5 metres tall.
Tarasov said he didn’t even take a sketch of the impressive building, but was still able to produce his glorious interpretations of the cathedral for a Russian arts and crafts festival.
The art teacher has been fascinated by the Japanese art form origami for some time, and says that most of his free time is spent cobbling together the modular pieces which make up the parts of his models.
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| Meticulous: Tarasov has spent a year working on the detailed model, even adhering to the bright colour scheme of the beautiful building. |
The talented modeller has somehow found the time to build animals like rabbits and roosters, as well as dragons, trains and other buildings.
A perfectionist, Tarasov is often forced to disassemble his works midway through building them to make crucial refinements, improving their accuracy and authenticity.
So detailed are his creations, that they even adhere to a
similar colour scheme as their giant, real-life
counterparts. The orange-red brick of Saint Basil's is
reflected by red pieces of paper in Tarasov's model.
St Basil’s is not the only cathedral Tarasov has built from paper. He also unveiled his take on the awe-inspiring Svyato-Spassky Cathedral in the southern Siberian town of Minusinsk.
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| Better than the real thing? His creation looks remarkably similar to Saint Basil's in Moscow, even though Tarasov claims he didn't even use a sketch. |
Tarasov folds each individual piece of paper into a module and attaches those together to assemble parts before adding the larger shapes together to create his spectacular models.
But Tarasov is by no means finished building his models. The talented modeller is aiming to construct his own complete versions of the Kremlin and Red Square in Moscow to add to his astounding collection.
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| The key is in the detail: The talented origami modeller occasionally disassembles his marvellous models to ensure they are true to their real-life counterparts |
