fold into and out of each other
what does "fold into and out of each other" mean here:

"The woodcuts in the book are primarily in black and white and roughly describe figurative forms in outdoor landscapes that fold into and out of each other."does it mean that figurative forms are difficult to distinguish from each other?

Question

fold into and out of each other
what does "fold into and out of each other" mean here:

"The woodcuts in the book are primarily in black and white and roughly describe figurative forms in outdoor landscapes that fold into and out of each other."does it mean that figurative forms are difficult to distinguish from each other?

Answer

They do overlap and merge and then become separate again is how I read it, so being hard to distinguish sounds right to me.