Sariah Park
Storm Surge

Media: Handmade paper installation, pigmented abaca and cotton

Artist Statement:
This piece is an installation of over 200 sheets of handmade paper. The sheer magnitude of sheets represents the phenomenon of the ever rising tides and coastal flooding we are currently experiencing due to the effects of global warming and climate change.

Biography

Sariah Park is an interdisciplinary artist with over fifteen years of experience in fiber, print, and fashion design. Sariah's current research is focused on the development of sustainable printing methods for textiles and fine art practices. Her most recent body of work features the up-cycling and repurposing of dead stock and damaged printed textiles into new forms and printing with waste to create large-scale works on paper. Sariah’s work aims to challenge the status quo of making and asks important questions regarding societal and industrial waste, consumption, sourcing, and methods of manufacturing.