Influences

Jen Stark

About a year or so ago I'd discovered Jen Stark for a different project about colour for my A Level Art, and remembering her she fits really well with this project, working with paper in some really amazing ways. I found this website not only showing Jen's work but also with questions about the work itself: http://pingmag.jp/2007/12/14/jen-stark/

I love her use of colour and geometric shapes in the paper eruptions. It's really eye catching and is a piece of work which you kind of think it's potentially something you could do yourself, but know it would NEVER look anything like it!

Jennifer Maestre 

Although this artist doesn't work with paper I found the forms of her work particularly interesting, much like Sweeney's they were very natural and organic, using curves and soft folds, contrasting with the sharp spiky surface created with the sharpened pencil tips. 

I found these sculptures incredible! Her work particularly reminded me of coral and star fish, relating back to my link with shells and flowers, the curve of the shells, yet the protruding elements of the pencil tips - like the petals of the paper flowers