no mater where i’ve worked i’ve always seemed to be involved in the shipping and receiving parts of companies. and i love salvaging the various kinds of paper padding used. the patern left by the initial use leaves a mark on the pattern of lines and fills i add on top.

using the old index of a spiral bound London A-Z i made a pile of sheets ( # ) and marked the edges of all of them in four points on the short sides and 5 on the long. as i go through each sheet making different sets of the same lines allowing for singular works in the series up to multi page sets that can spread or stack.

Once i’d decided to give my art practice a name i knew it needed a good sign … using the odd clipped corner cardboard inserts usually as part of book shipments i cut painted and stitched a graphic representation of the work i aim to make