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Breathing Under Water

Stephanie Lerma

Handmade rag paper, watercolor

9"x9"x4"
1.50 lbs

Price

$600.00

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Most of the petal pieces are my visual interpretation of a memory or experience. Color and the illusion of movement are integral to this work. Paper becomes the canvas and paint - the sensation of a moment. To do this, I make hundreds of paper pieces, which accumulate into thousands. Each paper is individually water-colored, or painted with wax and then sewn to linen or fixed to rigid surfaces. This work is about the joy of making and the pleasure of watching the paper morph as it accumulates into a unified mass.

Stephanie Lerma. Albuquerque, NM

Artist Statement

I: make accumulate repeat obsess struggle transform tell
It is: constant urgent unavoidable abundant survival purposeful work
I feel: fear purged panic pain release surrender joy

My work gravitates toward labor intensive, highly repetitive methods of accumulation. I enjoy combining modern inventions with traditional making methods and strive to weave them into a collective whole. For the past few years, I have focused exclusively on paper: exploring and expanding my experiences with the medium.