When did you start with your… can I call it kaleidoscope paper art?
I began making paper sculptures when I went to study in France for a semester. Since I could only take two suitcases with me for five months, I decided to purchase art supplies when I got there. The Euro was high and everything was pretty expensive, so I decided to get the cheapest but coolest looking thing in the art store – a stack of construction paper! I started experimenting with what paper could turn into and it took off from there.
Do you have a certain method of cutting? For example, how did you achieve these multiple layers in “Anatomical Evolution”?
I cut each layer of paper one by one and then put them together. I always cut by hand using an X-Acto knife. It is a bit time-consuming, but I like it!
Roughly how many layers goes into one piece?
It can range from about thirty to eighty, depending on the piece.
And how do you choose the order of the colours in the stack?
I usually buy a stack and then arrange it how I think the colours look good together. I try to spread them out a bit so they are mixed up and contrasting colours are next to each other.
What exactly do you use?
Usually card stock, non-fade and acid free.
Does it have to have a certain quality to be rigid enough, such as for your marvellous “Primaries” series?
It is better for it to be pretty rigid for more sturdiness and this will also help it last longer.
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Written by Verena
What makes paper so fascinating to work with?
I like the fact that it is so common and usually used two-dimensionally… and I’m trying to show what it can do sculpturally and how much it can be transformed with such little changes. Also I love all the colours it comes in!
The “Cylinder: Paper Cut” with a solid surface that’s cut open caught my eye: Could we see the paper layers as a symbolic representation of the inner layers of people, or objects…?
Definitely. You are one of the first people to mention this. I like to make the insides very colourfully confusing. You can relate it to people or things being so complicated and elaborate on the inside. Yet the outside layer is usually white to show that something may look simple and ordinary on the outside – but the inside is beaming with colour!
An inside showing a colourful spectrum indeed…
Yes, and it can also be a metaphor on how intricate and colourful people are, both physically and emotionally. There is a lot more to what is inside than what you see. And the paper sculptures give a little window to look into…
About the mysterious “Untitled:” Is it inspired by kind of a Mandala? How do you develop it?
It is mainly inspired by geometric patterns. I just cut a shape and slowly change it as the layers progress. With these kind of sculptures I usually don’t know what the end design will look like.
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