From straw to gold. I often feel like Rumplestilzken; turning a single sheet of paper into something delicate and precious by simply cutting parallel lines into paper. Through my art process of repetitive, chosen cuts, I transform the Kitakata paper into a form that emits a warm glow. The texture of the paper itself has a skin-like quality, but it is through the transformation of its structure that it becomes enlivened. The paper picks up the slightest air current. Alone, in the gallery space, the pieces appear to breath. The breath-like movements are sometimes quick and short, but often they are deep, like sighs. Once the viewer enters the gallery space, the air currents are altered and the pieces respond and react. They shimmer, sway, shiver, and sigh.
