Paper Sculpture

Developing

The Cost of Developing, Water Color Paper, Clear Drying Gorilla Glue, 10”x11.5”

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 https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/painting-formats-in-east-asian-art

Art Work 1 

Windblown Bamboo

Xia Chang

Applying calligraphic techniques to painting according to the precepts established by Zhao Mengfu (1254–1322), Xia Chang executed his bamboo stalks in the archaic seal-script style and his bamboo twigs in the "grass," or cursive-script, style. Xia Chang's calligraphic mode of bamboo painting was followed by many later Ming and Qing painters.

https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/painting-formats-in-east-asian-art

Art Work 2

Old Plum

Kano Sansetsu 

The massive black trunk of an ancient plum tree with bending, twisting branches spans nearly sixteen feet across four sliding panels. The reptilian old tree sprouts blossoms, which convey the atmosphere of a cold early spring morning and symbolize birth and renewal. These panels originally formed one wall of a room in the Tenshōin, a subtemple of Myōshinji, a Zen temple in Kyoto. During the 1880s, they were sold to a private collector and trimmed at the top to conform to the smaller dimensions of his home. On the reverse of these panels was a composition depicting the Chinese theme of the Eight Daoist Immortals, which formed a wall in the adjacent room. This composition was later separated and remounted, and it is now in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.

Artist Statement 

This work was inspired by the above photos through its focus on nature specifically trees and leaves. I loved the organic movement of Old Plum and the orientation of Wind Blown Bamboo. I wanted to emulate the minimalistic qualities that allow the areas of intense detail or textures stand out. I wanted to tell the story of industrialization and how to move forward we have to destroy the beauty that was there before. Which is why I chose to include the building growing out of the giant tree.