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VIETYL (EARTH MATTER IN COUNTERBALANCE), 1996
 
 
plant fiber + water + structure + sun  ==> FORM
  shrinkage  
 

In the wet papermaking stage, inclusions are put into flat square or rectangle paper, and allowed to dry in the sun. In minutes, the paper shrinks against the matrix and becomes three-dimensional.
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MEDIUM AND SIZE: 133 individual sculptures. Flax, various plant fibers, metals, wood. Various sizes to 8" x 8".
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Installation view. Paper sculpture. Paper sculpture. Copper wires in"X" position becomes a spiral sculpture.