Peter Gentenaar is an intiallation based artist who works with paper to create large scale twisted structures that he creates using a bamboo frame as a vacuum in order for the handmade wet paper sheets to shrink over the forms to up to 40%.
His work creates interesting twists and distortions in the paper created by a controlled placement of paper and colour. These are inspired by vacuum process, the forms have subtle similarities to leaves, when they curl up as they dry. This is a completely natural process of drying where the forms start as 2D sheets and form into 3D forms as they dry.
This natural drying process is interesting for me and is something I have witnessed in my own work. It would be interesting to find out if it is the material choice of my hand made paper that causes this shrinkage, or if it occurs in all types of paper.
His work is both sculptural, featuring in galleries, as well as decorative and used in interior design.
Lara Hoad Artist Designer: Maker 