Through the medium of handmade paper and its raw materials -- the various plant fibers used and their roles within their found environments --, I describe my relationship to the various places I travel and spend time. I am deeply engaged with each environment I occupy, and I create paper artworks using local, generally invasive, plant fibers and specific imagery to evoke a resonant memory of place. Particularly focused on ideas of shelter and sacred space, I am interested in how these spaces and structures allow us to perceive phenomena in the natural world, and also how they might remind us of our deep connection to it. While I “overwrite” the authorlessness of handmade paper each time I manipulate paper pulp for more expressive ends, the haptic experience of the paper itself is ever present, and increasingly important in a rapidly digitized world.
More work can be seen: http://nicole-donnelly.com/
More work can be seen: http://nicole-donnelly.com/
