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Recycled Paper Artworks

Eco art on paper mache

These artworks are created by recycling used envelopes and printed sheet paper. Using water, glue and scrap cardboard to layer the paper pulp into thicker forms.

The shapes are then primed and painted with abstract marks, often as a reflection of the flow and movement in nature and organic elements.



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Driftwood - Earth, Fire, Wind/Air
Driftwood - Earth, Fire, Wind/Air, 2004 | Acrylic on Paper Mache | 3*16x105 cm
First Prize Abstract Category UOB Painting of the Year 2004 sold
River Terrain
River Terrain, 2020 | ~150x90 cm | Acrylic on Papier Mache
Shortlisted for the Sovereign Asian Art Prize 2021

How to create recycled art?
Add some creativity to repurposed materials, reusing scrap paper and other ways to make more sustainable art. Creating new art forms as well as thinking about the concepts of waste pollution and reconnecting to nature. Read more on some research on eco-art here

Flow freely

Flow freely, 2021 | ~190 x 80 cm | Acrylic on Papier Mache

Part of the Wild Fragments. Solo Exhibition, 2022.


Reconnecting Nature Paper Net Front
Reconnecting Nature Paper Net | 110 x 100 x 20 cm
| Recycled Paper Wall Hanging

Finalist in the Trash Sure Art of Trash Competition 2023.



 

Log Marks

Log Marks, 2016 | Acrylic on Papier Mache | 75 x 175cm


Underground

Underground, 2017 | Acrylic on Paper Mache | ~175x128 cm


 

Excavate
Excavate, 2010 | Mixed Media/Acrylic on Paper | ~180 x 180 cm Excavate


Terrain
Terrain, 2010 | Mixed Media/Acrylic on Paper | ~180 x 180 cm


View More Small Abstract Forms, Paper Panels


Yellow Blue Flow

Yellow Blue Flow, 2020 | ~19x20cm | Acrylic on Papier Mache

Slate  Brown Grey

Slate Brown Grey, 2020 | ~24x32cm | Acrylic on Papier Mache

Handmade reusing paper and layers of glue to shape the objects, primed and painted with abstract marks in an effort to create more sustainable art.


Drift Blue

Drift Blue, 2020 | ~45x16cm | Acrylic on Papier Mache
Drift Yellow

Drift Yellow, 2020 | ~42x17cm | Acrylic on Papier Mache

View > Artefact Discovery Trail 2020 Exhibition
An online digital art exhibition of paper objects enhanced with augmented reality via the Artivive app


View Artefact Animations


Rocky Trails
Rocky Trail, 2020 | 24x22x2 cm | Acrylic on Papier Mache + AR Digital Artwork

Relic
Relic, 2020 | 12x16x90 cm | Acrylic on Papier Mache + AR Digital Artwork


Ice Trails

Ice Trails, 2018 | Mixed media on paper mache | ~30x30 cm | Valerie Ng
Nes Alumni Exhibition, Iceland 2018 out

Earth Fragments
Earth Fragments, 2019 | 3*20x30 cm | ~ 80 x 40 cm | Mixed Media / Acrylic on Papier Mache, Italy 2019 out

 

Stitched Fragments

Stitched Fragments, 2022 | Mixed Media on Canvas (Wall Hanging) | ~118 x 160 cm

Upcycled Canvas Scraps Linen Fabric Material


Driftwood II | Acrylic on Papier Mache
Driftwood II, 2004 | Acrylic on Papier Mache

View > Caché Mâché, 2013 Exhibition
A small format exhibition of hidden paper objects, artists’ books and mixed media artworks.


Quiet Bark 5
Quiet Bark 5, 2013 | Acrylic on Papier Mache, ~11x16cm

Quiet Bark 1
Quiet Bark Series, 2013 | Acrylic on Papier Mache, ~11x16cm

 

Whirlpool

Whirlpool, 2013 | Acrylic on Papier Mache | ~76 x 76 cm


Terra Forms
Terra Forms, 2018 | ~ 180 x 180 cm | Acrylic on Papier Mache


View community project Drawn into Nature


Paper View
Paper View Drawing Collage Assemblage

Shellscape
Shellscape, 2011 | 3D Collage Drawing Paper | 16" x 12"


 

Wrecked

Wrecked, 2011 | Mixed Media on Paper| ~ 50 x 50 cm

Re-strip

Re-strip, 2010 | Ink and Acrylic on Papier Mache | ~52 x 155 cm

 

Charcoal

Charcoal, 2009 | Acrylic on Papier Mache | 2*~25x85 cm Sold


Elemental Fragments

Elemental Fragments, 2009 | Acrylic on Papier Mache | Various ~30x47 cm


 

Rustic 03
Rustic 03, 2006 | Oil on Paper Mache | ~20cm Sold


Rustic 01
Rustic 01, 2006 | Oil on Paper Mache | ~20cm sold


 

Driftwood Waterfall
Driftwood Waterfall | Acrylic on Paper 04 | ~6.5x47.5"


Shards
Shards (triptych), 2006 | Acrylic on Paper Mache | ~ 70x100 cm


 

Cardboard Monotrails
Cardboard Monotrails, 2007 | Mixed Media on Cardboard | 137x132cm


Land Package 3
Land Package 3 | Oil on Papier Mache Panel


 

Land Package 1
Land Package 1 | Oil on Papier Mache Panel


Land Package 2
Land Package 2 | Oil on Papier Mache Panel


 

Bark Brown
Bark Brown | Oil on Papier Mache Panel


Bark Blue
Bark Blue | Oil on Papier Mache Panel


 

Blue Panel
Blue Panel | Oil on Papier Mache Panel


Brown String Panel
Brown String Panel | Oil on Papier Mache Panel


 

Blue Stripes
Blue Stripes | Oil on Papier Mache Panel


Watermelon Stripes
Watermelon Stripes | Oil on Papier Mache Panel