Strange art brings some excitement to traditional sculpture, where each artist puts their own visions of the world and personal experiences, sometimes very deep and tragic. German artist Katrin Rodegast works with paper and creates unusual sculptures from it — human body organs. Let’s get to know the artist and his works better.

Katrin Rodegast, an illustrator, paper artist, and art director, lives in Berlin, enjoys sculpture, and is interested in the structure of the human body. The girl also has a large collection of old scientific books with colorful illustrations. Recently, the Swiss University of Science, Technology and Mathematics in Zurich (ETH Zurich) asked Katrin to make models of human body organs for publication in the university magazine Globe. The sculptor enthusiastically agreed to the proposal and enthusiastically took on the project.

It was suggested to use old maps of Zurich as the main building material. Rodegast folded, cut, turned and glued sheets with colorful images of city streets, parks, roads, rivers and ponds. And the result exceeded expectations – organs appeared before the viewer. Her favorite hobby of anatomy helped to depict the heart, lungs, spine, knee joints. The winding roads and rivers, which imitate the complex network of capillaries, look realistic on the model.

About 20 research groups are participating in the project with the symbolic name “Heart of Zurich”, which are engaged in the creation of an implantable artificial heart. Rodegast’s task was to draw people’s attention to the problems of implantation and, it seems, she succeeded.

The ADC (Art Directors Club) named Katrin Rodegast “Talent of the Year”. In addition, for her contribution to art, the sculptor received prestigious international awards from the Adobe Design Achievement Awards and the Red Dot Design Award for her contribution to the development of contemporary art.