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Whilst researching for my dissertation I was lucky enough to visit a few exhibitions that were purely dedicated to Paper Art.
The ‘Unfolding’ exhibition at the Chapels Gallery in Ormskirk was the first paper art exhibition I had been to and it was really good being able to see all the work up close that had inspired me though my second year at uni. A lot of Thurle Wright’s work was shown there which was extremely useful for my dissertation because she was a key artist I discussed.
I also visited the ‘Cut and Fold’ exhibition at the New Brewery Arts Centre in Cirencester. This exhibition had a greater variety of artists who use paper in different ways. Again, it was so inspiring to see the artists work in person. Take a look at the exhibition here: http://www.newbreweryarts.org.uk/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/2009/7-november-to-3-january-2010-c-299_348_349_422.html?p=shop
Visiting both of these exhibitions has been really helpful, not only for my dissertation research but also for my own art practice. Both of these exhibitions were quite small and both show in small galleries. This could perhaps comment on the seriousness of paper art.
This paper art book has been such an inspiration to my work over the last year. Whilst researching for my dissertation I found it very difficult to find books that were purely dedicated to paper artists. Many books on paper art only demonstrate techniques such as origami or paper-mache. This book has become my paper art ‘Bible’! Its introduction was extremely useful for my dissertation and the variety of artists work has been inspiring to my own practice.
I would defiantly recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in paper art.
Jaq Belcher has been a huge inspiration to my work during the past two years. Take a look at her website because her work is just beautiful. Here are a few pieces of her work:
'Remember' 2008, 5,054 cuts
Process
'Completion' 2007
