Our September Artist of the month goes to combined media artist Teresa Currea who makes intricate and fanciful paper dioramas.
Teresa Currea
“Paper is a really versatile materials and I need to discover its prospects…”
The place do you make your paper artwork?
I’ve been working in a small studio in Bogotá, for 9 years.
How lengthy have you ever been working with paper?
I’ve appreciated working with paper very a lot since I used to be a toddler. Nonetheless, as knowledgeable artist I’ve been working for 13 years.
How would you describe your method to paper artwork?
Paper is a really versatile materials and I need to discover its prospects past being the assist for my drawings. I need to discover the creation of three-dimensional dioramas by which the viewer might admire many particulars.
The place do you discover inspiration?
I discover inspiration within the metropolis by which I reside, Bogotá, capital of Colombia. Strolling its streets and figuring out its hidden treasures. Additionally, touring and attending to know new locations and cultures, and within the books that I learn and whose pages I also can journey and train my creativeness.
Describe your work to us in three phrases:
Creativeness, dedication, particulars.
What are your favourite papers to work with?
I nearly at all times work with a quite simple paper that in Colombia is named Cartulina Durex, which has an off-white shade that I actually like. I additionally use pure fiber artisan paper made in Colombia, and Fabriano Academia for bigger drawings.
What device might you not reside with out?
My Olfa cutter, my pencils (I wish to strive completely different manufacturers), a Copic pen 0.03 in brown shade, and my watercolors.
What’s the smartest thing about working with paper as a medium?
That I can take it with me wherever I am going. Additionally, I wish to problem all the probabilities, and use completely different strategies. I’m additionally a drawing artist so I alter straightforward from ink to pencil to watercolor.
Who’re your favourite paper artists?
What are you engaged on in the mean time?
Proper now, I’m ending the manufacturing of my subsequent solo exhibition that may happen in Bogotá. Nonetheless, the drawings that I’m going to exhibit had been made throughout my one-year keep in Japan. The title of the exhibition is Kokoro, which suggests “coronary heart” in Japanese.
