Noriko Yamaguchi

Noriko Yamaguchi spent years dyeing and weaving but gradually she moved from textiles to paper. Not only is paper extremely accessible but it also brings us back down to earth; by working with paper she feels re-earthed. Yamaguchi often uses traditional Japanese paper, washi. She twists small strips of paper into paper threads, incorporating small pieces of paper like leaves sprouting from a twig. The paper threads are knotted into thin, floral like nets.
Twisting paper and other objects is very repetitive. Yet in the very act of repetition, chance creates variation and intricacy.