Unlikely but not impossible...

Dancing with Scissors. Found materials, dimensions variable.

As I have mentioned previously I constantly nurture a nature of play within my daily, working practice. This leads me to explore the possibilities of the most unlikely materials and objects. A few weeks ago I was having a discussion with a fellow artist and tutor when I mentioned this practice and how I'd set it as a lesson for groups of student in the past. I told him I brought all of the tools out of the storages cupboards, paint brushes, hammers, pilers, scissors etc. and encouraged the students to use them as materials rather than as tools. 

My friend was very interested in the idea, but couldn't see how something like scissors could be used in a sculptural way. I revisited this conversation, the culmination of which was a series of new pop-up sculptures called 'With scissors'. Above, Dancing with Scissors.