The Hallway Gallery in Jamaica Plain has a new show up right now, Katrine Hildebrandt. She uses paper cutting as her medium and she does incredible, ocean-inspired work.
That’s seriously cut paper. She calls it Yupo Paper, which I had never heard about before. I quick spin through Google explained that it’s a synthetic, water resistant paper, she does however then also work with india ink and watercolor on the paper and I’m not sure how that plays with the paper’s water-resistant quality.
Using the exact same materials she created the above, which looks like a nest to me. She calls is “Accumulate,” which is fitting for the nest reference as well.
I wonder if these are set on the backgrounds or if she adds them just for the photos and the pieces are more like sculptures.
This one I believe it applied to the watercolor background and it’s so beautiful. As always, the Hallway Gallery is showcasing local artists. Katrine went to Mass Art for her MFA. She got her BA from Hartwick College in Oneonta.
These large scale works I think are my favorite of hers as they’re easier to get the scale and scope of. The paper seems to have some density to it, which I like as well.
Looks like a super intense version of the snowflake cut outs we did as children. I really really like the monochrome quality of this, all just really shadow play.
Color! It reminds me of diamonds and Tron, I have no idea why.
Tags: 2D, 3D, monochrome, paper cutting, watercolor