During my studies I’ve always had an interest in the use and mixture of all kinds of media, specifically how I could combine the old with the new. This fascination inspired me to study Multimedia at the Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp.
While researching my Bachelor project I felt an attraction towards paper. Although paper is used almost always and everywhere, it’s often merely needed in the begin stages of a project and loses his purpose soon after it’s digitalized.
So I began to wonder.. what if I reverse this work flow, starting from a digital medium and using paper for the end result.
Thus arose my first work “Felis Domesticuselis”.
My journey begins with taking digital photographs of the subject, e.g. a cat. With said photographs I construct a 3D image, which I then flatten and print on paper, so I can create a sculpture.
The complete symmetry of the 3D images rises an uncanny feeling and through the craftsmanship of assembling and shaping the paper, imperfections animate the object and bring the sculpture to life.