ORI-IRO (Japanese) means folding-colour (farbenfalt in German), and is the title of a news series of paintings by Matthew Gardiner. The works are inspired by the idea of seeing colour as a folding across surfaces, and folded surfaces as they play on light and colour. The works explore the simplest folding patterns, and draw from narratives within daily life and composed on the textured surface of machined plywood.

Your ORI-IRO kit includes a 30x30cm (9mm) sheet of marine plywood laser engraved with a pattern of your choosing.

The simplest way to paint your ORI-IRO kit is to use masking tape carefully run along the edges and to use water colour or acrylic paint to make a paint wash over the plywood.