My artworks are sliced and assembled by hand using an assortment of papers, watercolour pencil and wood glue. 

Paper is a versatile and accessible material which offers me a wide range of possibility when I make.  My process combines theatrical model making techniques with improvisation.  The shapes that I cut function to reveal things that exist beneath the surface and to spotlight a small part of the complicated and dense world that we live in.   

I am particularly interested in exploring themes around memory, trekking and temperature.  The discomfort that I feel living inside my own ageing body, with its decaying cellular infrastructure and broken menopausal thermostat, is reflected in the ongoing war on life that I see in the world around me.  As I take the time to meticulously place and replace pieces of paper into meaningful positions, I stubbornly stop to linger on a well-trodden path back towards my divinity.  I will not sprint to my death.  I am letting go of the ever dawning, glory gobbling day.  To stop.  Right here.  And allow my tangled memories to sniff about in the windswept winter grass. 

I am based in Johannesburg, South Africa.  You are welcome to contact me directly at lisa@activatespace.co.za to arrange to purchase or view.