ARTIST STATEMENT

Since I discovered the controversial practice of creation through book destruction, I have approached alteration as a celebration of books, paying homage to their volumetric qualities and the cultural value inscribed within their pages.
This destructive act, performed with an arsenal of scalpel blades, fire, wire and paints, alters existing visual and written material, extracting it from its original context and endowing it with new meanings.
My blades are also able to evoke stories from flat sheets of coloured cardboard, mounted together in experimental book structures that offer magical narratives inspired by fairy tales and gothic novels.