Clare Pentlow: Cut + Fold (2-30 May)

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Keeping it simple using paper, just cutting and folding. Clare takes paper cutting to the extreme always pushing the boundaries of how small can she cut whilst enjoying using colour playfully and experimenting with different forms. Her work here covers pieces inspired by microscopic forms, cells, diatoms, amoeba whilst also looking to the landscape for abstract forms and lines.
 
Clare creates her artwork through the exploration of paper, constantly refining and looking for perfection whilst embracing the versatile qualities of strength and fragility. She enjoys challenging the perception of paper and the possibilities it holds, transforming it from a throwaway material into something extraordinary. Through precision hand cutting and folding, her pieces evolve over time through methodical repetitive motions building layer upon layer resulting in highly textured mesmerising pieces of art which draw the viewer in.

The methodical approach Clare takes is rooted in her love of maths and science continually being inspired by patterns in nature in particularly those patterns seen at a microscopic level from pollen to seeds. 

Clare is an award winning artist exhibiting across the UK. Her work has also attracted international attention with commissions coming from French fashion house Hermes and was also selected for the 250th Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts. Most recently Clare has become an Associate at the RBSA gallery in Birmingham and has worked on a large scale commission soon to be revealed on Albert Street in Rugby. 

Clare also runs paper cutting/ sculpture workshops introducing participants to different ways of working with paper. She thrives on working with people and challenging them creatively helping them on a journey exploring the potential of themselves and the material. 

Open in Bar Gallery from 2-30 May
6pm-9pm Thursday 2nd May (also live music from The B Road and Robert Miles Barnett)
10am - 4pm (every Fri & Sat, also Sun 5th, and Wed 8th - Sun 12th)

More about her and her work on her website https://www.cjpdesigns.co.uk/