Tiffany Ownbey

Paper mache has been a part of my life since childhood; I started making piggy banks as gifts at a young age. Unable to study paper mache in college I decided to focus on ceramics and printmaking, but my passion for paper mache was always there, lurking in the background. Using traditional paper mache techniques I make figurative sculpture out of vintage sewing patterns (never newspaper), books and found objects. To achieve color in my work I layer colored papers using collage techniques. Most of the materials used in my work have a history; they are often discarded and worn. My work is about emotion and thought process. I am expressing happiness, joy, anger, confusion, etc. with the figures I make. It is my hope that the viewer will relate and feel connected.