Daniel Agdag’s 2014 sculpture *The Birdhouse.*

Agdag built *The Latitudinal,* a replica of a hot-air balloon, in 2019.

*The Siren* (2023) will be part of Agdag’s upcoming exhibition, “Tide Houses,” at Messums Wiltshire.

*The Royce* (2023), one of Agdag’s latest sculptures.

By the Board

Melbourne-based filmmaker and artist Daniel Agdag’s medium of choice is cardboard, and his sculptures are sure to shock and delight

Daniel Agdag creates worlds out of cardboard. Using glue and a scalpel, the filmmaker and artist from Melbourne, Australia, fashions intricate miniatures of amusement parks, houses, hot-air balloons, and public buildings.

“Cardboard gave me means to realize ideas I had only imagined previously,” Agdag told The Guardian. “The pieces are like mathematical problems, which I work through as I create them, decoding the world around me.”