Inundated, 2024
Woven from paper yarn spun from office waste for a previous collection, Inundated ended up submerged during a devastating flood at the artist’s workshop. At first glance, it seemed irreversibly ruined, a symbol of nature’s destructive force. But as the water receded and the fibers dried under fans and sunlight, something extraordinary emerged. The piece retained its structure, yet bore new textures and subtle colour transformations, revealing an unintended layer of beauty shaped by the very disaster that threatened it.
Technique : mixed media
Size : W 210 cm x H 140 cm
The office paper used in the creation of this piece is shredded A4 copy paper
The office paper used in the creation of this piece is shredded A4 copy paper, collected from the business operations of the artist's studio, which invites viewers to look closely and discern numbers and letters as a reconsideration of the mundane and the discarded. This material, once a symbol of bureaucratic routine, is now imbued with a new aesthetic narrative—one that speaks of
craftsmanship, patience, and resourcefulness. Each inch of yarn represents roughly an hour of work, reflecting the inherent value of time and manual labor. In its creation and individual history, Inundated reflects resilience, adaptation, and the unexpected beauty and hope that can rise from catastrophe.