Fractured Archive No.1 & No.2
Handmade paper using Japanese Knotweed fibres | 23 × 23 × 3 cm (each) | 2025
To be shown in Royal Society of Sculptors Summer Exhibition 2025, London, UK (upcoming)
This diptych consists of two vertically arranged sheets of handmade paper, created using fibers from the invasive plant Japanese Knotweed. The restrained format and quiet geometry evoke a sense of interruption—of something once organic now pressed into order.
The subtle movements of the fibers remain visible on the surface, resembling a silent echo of growth held under control. The title Fractured Archive refers to a fragmented record—material that has been sorted, stored, or discarded, yet still holds residual memory.
While continuing an investigation into how natural matter is reclassified and systematized, this work shifts focus to a more intimate scale. It invites close looking—an encounter with the quiet traces left behind when nature is archived, fractured, and nearly forgotten.