David Trubridge:

 

David Trubridge is a New Zealand based artist, who is one of the preeminent designers and a recognised leader in environmentally responsible designs. Before this research, I wasn’t aware of how large of a market there was for this type of product.

‘For every space, a masterpiece’. This is the first thing you see on his website and I feel it is very suitable to my own paper project as using only paper, sculptors are able to create any shape or form for any room/location.

I really like how Trubridge creates almost linear structures, leaving gaps to allow unique shadows to be cast. Also, the way that the majority of his lights are circular is interesting. Though he still manages to avoid being repetitive but stretching and squishing the shapes. His naming of the sculptures is also clever as they visually represent their names like floral and snowflake.

In regard to my own work, I will explore creating silhouettes and shapes similar to Trubridge. Also, the simplicity of his colour scheme is something I am also interested in.

 

Geraldine Gonzalez:

Geraldine Gonzalez is a graduate of the Duperré School of Applied Art, who was a show stylist before devoting herself to sculpture. The main area of Gonzalez’s work that caught my eye was her subject matter, how she combines the shapes of the animals with light. I am particularly focusing on her paper jellyfish. I find how she has a solid, sturdy structure at the top with the loose pieces hanging below effective in resembling a real jellyfish. This thickness of her choice of paper is also interesting as the bulb highlights the colour but also, it’s fragility, similar to the real animal. Her scale is another area which is effective in creating her composition.

This is something I plan to explore in my own work, looking at how my designs would work together at different scales. Also, by using wire and tissue paper I feel it could create an effective light, not by focusing on its shadows,  but more on the colour it projects.

 

Zoe Keramea:

Zoe Keramea explores enfolded surfaces using sculpture, printmaking, drawing and ceramics. She was born in Athens in 1955 and lives and works between New York and Athens. Keramea has created a wide range of sculpture work but I am particularly interested in her modular structures, Hexahedrons which she has worked on from 1997 to the present day. This is where the paper is folded into a hexahedron, which is then knotted into itself to become three dimensional. Keramea then sews them together to create large sculptures. I particularly like how flexible the sculptures become once they are sewn together.

In terms of my own work, I hope to include the geometric shapes and structure so that I could bend and manipulate it into a light shade and cover. The use of string and stitching is also an unique alternative to glue and adds to its flexibility.