This week for the 2021 Members' Showcase we are featuring member Audrey Pinto!
Audrey Pinto
I make handcrafted decorative boxes, paper, and books. In my work, I use a variety of forms including folded and cut paper, pop-ups, paste papers, and mark making to explore how different forms can be exhibited and presented within the structure of the box.
The 8-sided star books, which sit inside the 8-sided box, were hand painted on Arches 300 lb watercolor paper using gouache, ink, and watercolor pencils; the panels were hand cut, and the cut designs were inspired by a NASA satellite photo of the vanishing land mass (due to climate change) in the Sundarbans mangroves in West Bengal.
Box: book board, handmade book cloth, and Iris lilac bookcloth.
