Exhibition Statement

Wood Meets Paper was first imagined, produced and installed at the Pearl Street Gallery, New York, in 2006, and re-invented at Gallery 1, Madrid, in 2008. It evolved from sensing the gallery space as frames for exploring notions of form, light, scale and materials. Combining our experiences working with laminated wood and handmade paper this installation defines and extends the limits of these materials. Made from poplar plywood and handmade abaca paper, our work emerges within the bounds of the gallery but gently hints at spaces beyond its walls. It hovers playfully overhead, weaving itself into a network of undulating lines and circular shapes within a rich topography of closed and open spaces. They spill and flow like water or air currents, or perhaps connections in some fantastic neural mindscape. The forms follow each other in a delicate and joyful dance while a quiet melody resonates amid the lively geometries. In the shadows of these forms are also the echoes of our own voices, inviting viewers to leave gravity behind and lose their sense of time and direction within Wood Meets Paper. forms follow each other in a delicate and joyful dance while a quiet melody resonates amid the lively geometries. In the shadows of these forms are also the echoes of our own voices, inviting viewers to leave gravity behind and lose their sense of time and direction within Wood Meets Paper.