Lisa Traxler

These separate stitched large scale paper sculptural installations formed part of the 'Lives of Spaces' exhibition, The West Gallery, Quay Arts, IW 2012.
They are part of the 'Dreamscapes' series the artist has produced.

‘She makes stitched collages that intermix found images or archive material with drawing and painting, using the lyrical active-reflective-reactive compositional method. A major series of Memory Vessels and Dreamscapes have been produced. These are made from paper (or paper objects) and red thread and they solve the composition in a subtly different way from the paintings and steel and enamel sculptures. Found imagery is collated, collaged and reprographically manipulated. It is also, sometimes, deformed into a three-dimensional shape. The manipulated imagery on these paper constructions form the basis for ‘line drawings’ made from stitched rows that follow their contours. Often the red thread is seen from the reverse side, or makes a linear foray out into the space in which the works are installed, anchoring them to a site-specific location.’ (Jonathan Parsons - Spaces Lived')