#paperlog

E-log not working. Setting up paper log for the day. Heavy raid in Memphis, Tennessee exposed a leak over the computer. Not a good morning.

While non-archival, I make nearly all of my visual artwork out of recycled paper. Papermaking mechanisms have facilitated an increasing interest in deconstruction and reconstruction. In recycling salvaged found material or re-energizing abandoned artworks, I work to piece incomplete and isolated parts into a larger whole. I’m interested in the scraps, the threads and the shreds. And the shit that sits on my studio floor. The collection of grit and grime and the dust that clogs my eyes become materials for a visual language. In looking at ‘broken’ things, I see all sorts of things. Because it’s not fixed my mind tries to fix it, find place for it, save it, heal it. As a maker, I am a huge proponent of repurposed materials. For me, ‘sustainable’ means “working with what I’ve got and making from what I know.”