The Tools
Art has always evolved through the tools available to make it.
From carved stone and handmade brushes to photography, printmaking, digital design, and machine-guided fabrication, new tools have continually expanded what artists can imagine and produce. My work embraces that same tradition, using contemporary technologies not as shortcuts, but as extensions of drawing, cutting, layering, and material experimentation.
These tools allow for work with a level of precision, scale, and complexity that would not have been possible in another era, while still remaining deeply connected to the physical qualities of paper, ink, metal, light, and shadow.
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The pen plotter allows me to work with physical drawing tools at a scale and consistency that would be difficult to achieve by hand alone. By using a range of pens, inks, nibs, and surfaces, I can create large-format works that retain the character of real mark-making while being guided by precise digital paths. The result sits somewhere between drawing and machine choreography: controlled, repeatable, but still shaped by the behaviour of ink, paper, pressure, and time.
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The UV laser is used for extremely precise paper cutting, allowing for fine details, delicate edges, and intricate forms that would be difficult to produce with other tools. Its accuracy makes it especially suited to small-scale botanical structures, layered compositions, and works where the cut edge itself becomes part of the visual language. It enables paper to be treated almost sculpturally, transforming flat sheets into finely resolved surfaces of light, shadow, and negative space.
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The CO₂ laser extends the cut-paper process into larger and more expansive forms. It allows detailed digital compositions to become physical structures, preserving crisp silhouettes while supporting scale, layering, and depth. It is also a critical tool for creating robust supports for more delicate physical structures.
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The diode laser is used primarily for engraving high-quality cardstock, adding tone, texture, and surface detail without cutting fully through the material. It allows subtle shifts in density and mark-making, creating effects that feel closer to drawing, printmaking, or burnished surface work. This process gives paper another kind of presence: not just cut or layered, but marked directly through controlled light
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The MOPA IR laser introduces metal as a contrasting material within the broader practice. Its marks, cuts, and engraved details bring reflection, permanence, and precision into dialogue with the softness and vulnerability of paper. Used alongside layered and cut-paper elements, metal can act as accent, structure, or counterpoint, adding weight and material tension to otherwise delicate compositions.