I work in direct response to the site, with newsprint and other found printed paper which is essentially a waste material. By cutting holes into it, it may become in some way valuable again. The technique is incredibly simple, all children know about folding and cutting snow flakes and this easy technique combined with a poor material in some ways could create a valueless result. It doesn't even last so can't be bought or sold. But we value things in interesting ways and the fact that I have bothered to make it, and I am called an artist may be one of them. Of course, "value" is a subjective quantity and for some, it will only be a cheap material and an easy technique.Another aspect is that of mould or fungus, a thing that is poor or ignored but often has great beauty. Somewhere between the invasion of a mould and the architecture of the space is where I try to place my work.
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