PATTERNS AND TONES

I'm an optical junkie. I love an illusion and feel comfortable vacillating between visual deception and physical reality. Perhaps that is why I enjoy amusement parks, pop-up books, geometry and magic tricks so much. Figuring out the deception is as fun as a puzzle but comes in second to the enjoyment I derive from the discovery of the deception after I have been observing the object for a period of time. Spatial perception is a concept that I have been exploring in my Paper Ballet project this year and it has made me rather sensitive to the environments I come in contact with on a daily basis. As I try to incorporate stereoscopic elements to a flat 2 dimensional image,  I find that I too am creating an illusion to trick the mind into creating depth where none exists. For instance, the other day I was strolling down the aisle of my neighborhood supermarket and noticed that not only were the aisles narrower but there were many obstacles in the way which made me slow...