Beca Piascik
Monstera Leaf

Media: Handmade paper and paper prints

Artist Statement:
A large pulp painting resembling the shape of a Monstera leaf with embedded paper prints of a wood fragment. The wood fragment was given to me by my dearest friend, who mailed it to be during the beginning of quarantine because it was 'one of my shapes'. I utilized these paper prints in cardinal directions on the natural form to create the start of a cyclical motion that references that natural systems of the Earth.

Biography

Beca Piascik creates art through the processes of hand papermaking. She uses innovative techniques in manipulating paper pulp to form 3 dimensional sculptures and textural pulp paintings. Her work is inspired by the core elements, powerful dynamics and specific events occurring in nature, exploring how such natural phenomena impact human social relationships. Beca lives in Calabasas, CA working primarily in Ventura and Los Angeles counties in Southern California. She maintains an active presence in Boston MA and upstate New York.