 At school I initially wanted to study architecture and decided on taking maths and science subjects for A-level. I gave up on Chemistry after a few terms and luckily, replaced it with Art. After a few years I achieved a first class BA(Hons) in Fine Art Sculpture at Kingston University and then spent several years living in Hong Kong and travelling South East Asia. I returned to London in 2000 and in 2004 spent a year at the Cyprus School of Art where I graduated with a Post Grad Diploma. Since then I have been living in London.
During this time, and until the present, my practice has varied greatly with inspiration mainly coming from the environment where I live and work. A common theme throughout, and a constant preoccupation of mine, is 'truth to material'.
I can describe my current work as creating ways to transform ‘plane materials’ whilst being ‘truthful’ to them. I do this by drawing line and patterns on different types of paper and carefully folding the paper along those lines. A self-imposed constraint is to maintain the continuity of the plane by not tearing or cutting. This captivates people as they try and work out how on earth the pieces were made!
The initial inspiration for the ‘paperfolds’ was photographing modern canal architecture, whilst on a trip to Amsterdam. Inspiration may also be attributable to practising Buddhism, which lends the pieces a dual identity of dynamism yet stillness. There are also some Asiatic influences that I may have acquired having spent 5 years in Hong Kong and travelling South East Asia, where the art of origami was born.
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Size: 18.50" x 12.50"
Price: £445.00
