PULP (2021)

I have a strong admiration and appreciation for the historical tradition of Japanese papermaking which involves hours of preparation and allows for little miscalculation during execution. Papermaking requires a keen sense of touch that allows the creator to estimate the correct balance of additives to fiber to water. "PULP" expresses my dedication to the medium of paper and to the formation of an imagined digital setting where negative and positive space are both at play with handmade forms that break from predictable flatness and ascend into light-weight dimensionality. The final display of work has a space-like strangeness that begs the viewer to look closer and form an environment in their head where these pieces can live without the distraction of normalcy. The viewers must navigate the work with fresh eyes, noticing the forms singularly at one moment and then all together in the next. Time lays heavily on the value of this work, as it requires days of preparation and execution to then allow allotted time for solidification of each object. The culmination of craft is represented in "PULP" through an installation of selected objects that are displayed in the same home they were created in.