canadian artist
June Corstorphie
paper art
Something lost is found again! Papermaking is a labor intensive process
but one with great rewards. I love recycling paper and other organic material
and transforming it into art. Each piece starts its life as wet pulp. I upcycle (tear
up colored paper), whiz it up in the blender with water to make a slurry. This
goes into a vat. I dip my screen into the slurry and turn it out onto a surface
with decorative objects. When the pulp dries it is ‘cast’ with designs. Fibers,
metallics and ephemera mixed in with the pulp become embedded into the
dried paper. It i