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I try to make it something that people want to come up and see...”
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ntricate repeating patterns seduce the eye, holding its gaze, while the brain settles in for closer inspection. Symmetry, we find, is satisfying.
Inspired by the repetition intrinsically imbedded in nature, artist Allison Leigh Clark challenges herself to create complex designs in cut paper. “I try to make it something that people want to come up and see,” said Clark. It takes approximately eight hours for her to draw and then painstakingly cut out the designs by hand using an xacto knife fitted with a swivel blade. To make this paper lace, she has to have a steady hand and the self-control to go slow.
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