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Folded Poetry

about.

When a car accident upended my health, personal life, and career as an architect, I was 

forced to reinvent myself. I found a way to utilize my creative potential for healing through art. 

 

This work is inspired by the persistent visual disturbances caused by my traumatic brain injury. Often when I look at patterns, they appear to swim or move on their own accord, much like an optical illusion. Through this work I seek to capture the structure of regular patterns and shapes, while adding a layer of geometric information which the eyes and brain can't quite make sense of. This visual disorientation is designed to draw the viewer into perplexion. 

 

My work is born out of a place of uncertainty and feelings of entrapment in my own body—a stuckness—often the catalyst of great creative potential. Only after fully surrendering to that stuckness and uncertainty did a little voice inside beckon me to begin this work. There is wisdom in the stillness. 

 

Using 3D modeling software, I design the entire work of art in digital space before ‘unfolding’ it piece by piece. I flatten each entity to be printed, cut, and folded - born into its physical form.  I simple materials - cardstock paper, foam board, and elmers glue. I selectively use color to enhance the geometry, focusing primarily on line and shadow.

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