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Chihuly has combined formal artists' terminology with
some of his own to describe the arrangement of the paper on which
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Most drawings are made on a single sheet of paper:
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Polyptychs
are drawings made on more than one sheet of paper, although there
are more specific terms for multi-sheet drawings below. |
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Diptychs are
made on two sheets of paper, joined at the long sides:
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Triptychs are
made on three sheets of paper, joined at the long sides:
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Doppios are
made on two sheets of paper, joined at the short sides:
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Quads are made
on four sheets of paper:
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Doppio Suites
are a combination of three or more pairs of sheets in doppio arrangement:
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Drawing Walls
can be installations of individual drawings: |
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Drawing Suites
are large polyptychs made of several sheets of paper and are usually
installed as a drawing wall: |
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