Soggy toilet paper and ‘Viva’ (extra strength and absorbent) paper towels are the basic materials I used within my work. I have used natural dye pigment to achieve colour- that being beetroot and coffee staining. The qualities of tissue allowed me to mould and manipulate my desired motifs.
Thinking outside the square, initial drawings were done on beetroot and coffee dyed paper towel not the conventional paper.

This work does not deal with the conventional or traditional. It deals with the materialistic society in which we live and our ‘throw away’ mentality. I have brought out the beauty in discarded waste products (who would have thought that a body of work could be achieved in the humble roll of
cottonelle). The work employs limited use of materials and makes do with select processes.

The tissue sculptures are not what one would expect to be derived from toilet paper and challenges an audiences’ perception on what is waste and rubbish.
Paper towel and toilet paper are familiar objects but l has converted these materials into pieces which are precious, stimulating and unpredicted.