I seek to explore the connections between nature and ourselves, through the use of specific materials. I work with paper, often recycled, partly because of its many common uses, easy availability and its therefore unappreciated nature. Paper also has an adaptability and elasticity when set within a variety of configurations. By exploring the possibility of materials and their unique properties, I allow the materials to speak and embrace natural formed abstraction.
My practice is rooted in the material processes, with a strong influence of design craft aesthetics informed by my subject specialism in sustainable textile design and Japanese traditional woodcarving. I examine the connection between humans and nature, where artificially created forms are anthropomorphic and remnant of organic ones. The focus is on the idea of life cycles in Japanese culture and religion, with further influences from western models of explorations of materiality, consumerism and the everyday, such as the Arts and Crafts Movement by William Morris.
My inspiration comes from our everyday surroundings and everyday objects, which tend to be overlooked and forgotten in a hectic urban life. In this work, I was inspired by pigeon feathers, which have the lightness, fluidity, flexibility and delicacy like paper, but always undervalued. In addition, I have a strong fascination of repetitive patterns, digitally controlled orders and preciseness, which enables me to recreate organic forms, such as the Fibonacci sequence. It was indispensable for me to apply intricate technical processes for my creation. I combine traditional Japanese craft technique for long-lasting paper, paper folding and digital technology, lasercutting to morph into organic and abstracted shapes from a flat sheet to a 3D structure.
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