My paper-cuts are made often from life, or in reference to the figure in contemporary and historical visual culture. After I make the silhouettes, they begin to form chance groupings and relationships, both between the figures and the content of the paper materials. My recent cut outs have formed groups of bathers, a theme in art history that has always fascinated me.  The bather has long been used by artists to explore notions of beauty and tradition, an escape from urban life and politics, our relationship with nature, togetherness and isolation. I enjoy using paper: fragile, transient and increasingly obsolete alongside digital media.