The crease pattern used to make the elephant is a work of art in its own right. Courtesy of Sipho Mabona The artist said that this is the most ambitious project he has ever attempted. “I’ve ...

The life-size origami elephant by Swiss artist Sipho Mabona weighs roughly 550 pounds and is nearly 10 feet high. It is currently on display at the KKLB museum in Beromünster in Lucerne, Switzerland.

While the elephant’s core design only required about a week of folding at a desk, to create a 10-foot tall model, the paper alone will measure 2500 sf, or 50 feet long and wide.

Sipho Mabona is a Swiss origami master that is taking on a BIG challenge. He’s crowdfunding a project that will ultimately produce a 2500 square foot piece of white paper. His goal is to fo… ...

Here’s another video: On Indie Go-Go, he’s trying to raise $21,000 for the “White Elephant” project. A piece of paper large enough to fold a life-sized elephant might be expensive.