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Carrol Farrow

According to Carol Farrow working with paper allows you to do all kinds of things. In essence papermaking is nothing but joining different fibres in a structure. At any moment you can intervene or commit or make alterations and transformations. Farrow pours wet paper into a mould, which determines the skin of the mould. Laminating and casting are techniques that she uses a lot. The larger pieces of work are often as thick as cardboard and covered with many layers of strongly diluted paint. The pieces that have been made from paper clay consist of the same ground cotton linters, mixed with soft or liquid clay. The addition of fibres to the clay creates a different, more versatile material. Varying the proportions of fibres and clay offers a wide range of results.

Crucibles (2003). Material: paperclay forms.
(photo: Stephen Harper)