Paper Works

The Master's hands 2013
digital print on paper, hand stitched

Paper Walls I 2013
digital print on paper, machine stitched

Paper Walls II 2013
digital print on paper, machine stitched

Blossoms 2014
digital print on paper, machine stitched

Spiral 2013
digital print on paper, machine stitched

Paper-making 2013
digital print on handmade paper

Cracks, Hole and Patches 2014
digital print on indigo dyed paper, machine stitched

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The Master's Hands II 2015
digital print on paper, hand stitched

Gum Belts 2015
digital print on paper, machine stitched,
vintage buckles

Feathers and Flesh 2015
laser etched layered paper (natural/indigo dyed), machine stitched

Tile Museum I 2015
digital print on paper

Tile Museum II 2015
digital print on paper

Niche 2016
digital print on paper, machine/hand stitched

Memory Wall 2017
digital print on paper
laser cut, embroidery

This body of work deals with the beauty, strength/fragility and manipulation of paper. Using photographs, primarily of paper: it’s creation in the swirling vats, a master craftsperson’s hands layering it’s lush surfaces, torn and patched paper windows, I digitally print these images of Korean “paper” onto paper, and cut, stitch and layer, to create pieced and embroidered works, paying homage to both paper and textile traditions. Recent work combines indigo dyeing with digital print, further blurring the boundaries between fabric and paper.

In the work from 2015, I took inspiration from the beautifully crafted paper funereal garments made in Korea. For many years I have created work that references the fragility of life and the inevitability of death. This body of work represents the intertwining of several “threads” of my creative process: the seeming fragility of material representing the fragility of life, transformation of materials through surface dye and print processes and the abstraction of the garment form to reference the body (or lack thereof).