chalk, cheese and cardboard

And the new academic year begins once again. 

Beginning the term by compiling a Materials Bank of various forms, textures, and colours that are interesting to us, we provide ourselves with an easily accessible source of inspiration for the projects to come. However, my little library features two halves, each very distinct to the other. On the left we have the natural, organic pieces whose essence is of great importance and whose value I feel so strongly about. On the right we have a box of fun; it's pink, fluffy, glittery, sparkly, shimmery, shiny, plastic, and oh so barbie. Please don't make me pick a side of the fence to sit on. My challenge will have to be finding the middle ground.

First to experiment with the natural. Inspired by a tour of an old paper mill in Amalfi, Italy over the summer, I try to re-create the process in a sustainable, vegetable loving, way. Maybe the results are not so beautiful but they are a successful sort of cardboard.