I am fascinated with the materialisation of constructing flat sheets of paper into three-dimensional decorative forms. Accommodating an obsession for collecting and a desire to make things, I deconstruct paper ephemera to create unique artwork. The ethos of my work and the methods of my practise delineate an absolute labour of love.
Each profile is intricately hand cut from carefully selected paper, focusing on recycling a medium that would otherwise be discarded and lost. I reshape small details of colour, imagery and text into delicate silhouettes that are then re-sculptured and encased, thus transforming an every day object into a piece of work that invites the viewer to see beyond its original source.
The reinvention of the art of entomology combined with a desire for arrangement means my work focuses on the assemblages of shapes with themes stemming from nature. Cutting out the paper shapes, I dissect images in order to examine the detail of the original form. Filling a structure with different imagery offers a different visual perspective.
Repetition has always been notable in my work, and each piece is composed of hundreds of hand cut profiles. This, just as the value of time spent making each piece becomes equally important to the final story.
Rebecca will be exhibiting more work with us at The Bungeroosh Gallery this May as a part of Brighton Festival of Artists Open Houses. The exhibition starts May 7th and is open the following weekends in May 11 am to 5,30 pm.