HAND PAPERMAKING WITH ORGANIC FIBER


My recent works in hand papermaking use cotton pulp combined with elements of my own body—hair, skin, and other organic fragments—sometimes layered with nails. Each sheet is not only a surface but also an object, carrying memory, time, and personal history within its very fibers. These pieces transform paper into an intimate extension of the self, where lived experience becomes tangible and embodied.



A decade on a sheet of paper
Cotton pulp, hair / 2025
Cotton pulp, hair / 2025
Bangs
Cotton pulp, hair / 10 x 13 inches / 2025
Time
Cotton pulp, nails / 13 x 9 inches / 2025
Cotton pulp, hair / 10 x 12 inches / 2025
A cover of a book of life
Cotton pulp, nails, and hair / 9 x 25 inches / 2025
Connections
Cotton pulp, hair / 20 x 16 inches / 2025







© Grethell Rasua 2025