![]() I use this fiber called abacá, which is a natural leaf fiber grown in the Philippines. I’ve been exploring paper-making more, which allows me to get to the root of both my art practice and my identity. ![]() ![]() My characters also have an aspect of self-portraiture to them, as I am often infusing aspects of my identity. When I feel a strange or complicated emotion, I’ll hold onto that, then unravel it through drawing. “Each of my characters carries an air of emotional complexity. “I think of my illustrations as stories from this world I’m creating, and my sculptures are the objects, tools and memorials that exist in the world itself,” says the Filipino-American artist, who mostly works in graphite and uses clay for little charms and frames. Grace’s monochromatic, kawaii-noir aesthetic is infused with highly stylized, cartoonish characters, inspired by feminist sci-fi, medieval fantasy, techno primitivism and dress-up games. “I like making something that feels way in the past, yet light-years into the future.” - (Grace Requejo) ![]()
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