After accidentally leaving a book out in the rain, Hannah Lobley developed the internationally exhibited and award winning Paperwork, a unique recycling technique using the printed pages of unwanted books and paper. The pages are layered and transformed back into a solid wood like material. Traditional wood working methods are then used to create sculptural objects from that material.

The surface patternation of the paper when the objects are lathe turned echoes wood grain. Wood becomes paper becomes wood.

Paperwork is a very open and adaptable product appealing to many, from the book lover and art enthusiast, to the ecologically conscious, interior designers, architects and those just looking for the unique and unusual.

How the idea for this piece developed and what it means:

Paperwork can be held in the hand, it forms a surprising and tactile material that has the smile factor when the recognition strikes that it was once paper and is acknowledged by the viewer.

This piece is produced from recycled paper (Expired Yellow Pages and waste Office Paper, it is bright coloured and these are recognised pieces of paper) in its original state Yellow Pages is heavy, and as a smaller globe it is still heavy.

The shape is similar to that of a crystal ball, small enough to be held in one hand but can be cupped in two hands to be an examined. The awe of learning about the material and the way it is held is reminiscent of gazing into the future through a crystal ball.

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