Paper Alchemy: Projects: paper wings

Sunday, December 16, 2007

Projects: paper wings

Photo by Douglas Moffat

My continued appreciation for the amazing qualities of rayon tissue was manifested in a series of paper wings. Part mer-fin, part ethereal wing, the wings were hand sewn and could be worn in the style of a back-pack, attached by velvet ribbons.

Photo at Eugene Choo by Terry Barton

In 2001, the wings appeared at Eugene Choo as well as at the Lola & Emily store (www.lolaandemily.com) on St. Laurent in Montreal. I loved the idea of wings hanging on racks next to more expected fashions and accessories... pants, shirts, dress, handbag, wings...

Photo at Eugene Choo by Terry Barton

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Meredith Carruthers

Meredith Carruthers is an artist living in Montreal. In 2004 Meredith completed her MFA at Concordia University, where her studies included the exchange program to The Glasgow School of Art. In recent projects she has constructed a life-sized crepe paper swan and created a velour archipelagos for tinfoil cats. Meredith has participated in exhibitions in Montreal, Vancouver and New York.

Meredith is a member of Leisure Projects with Susannah Wesley, an independent artist-curator initiative that seeks opportunities in glamorous hotel basements, tiny modernist apartments and in the gaps of established gallery programming.

www.leisuregallery.ca

Paper

Paper is thin material used for writing upon, printing upon or packaging. It is produced by the amalgamation of fibres, typically vegetable fibers composed of cellulose, which are subsequently held together by hydrogen bonding. While the fibres are usually natural in origin, a wide variety of synthetic fibres, such as polypropylene and polyethylene, may be incorporated into paper as a way of imparting desirable physical properties. The most common source of these kinds of fibres is wood pulp from pulpwood trees. Vegetable fibre materials such as cotton, hemp, linen, and rice are also used.

Alchemy

Alchemy refers to both an early form of the investigation of nature and an early philosophical and spiritual discipline, both combining elements of chemistry, metallurgy, physics, medicine, astrology, semiotics, mysticism, spiritualism, and art all as parts of one greater force. Alchemy has been practiced in Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Persia, India, and China, in Classical Greece and Rome, in the Muslim civilization, and then in Europe up to the 19th century—in a complex network of schools and philosophical systems spanning at least 2500 years.

Sunday, December 16, 2007

Projects: paper wings

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