Annika Baird
Bookbinding, Papermaking, Brain Tanning and Toolmaking
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My work is rooted in a practical curiosity about the technological foundations of life as we know it. These foundations are often obscured beneath layer upon layer of successive technologies, but to me remain deeply relevant to understanding the world in our hands today.
While my work dives deeply into origins, my driving interest is in creating things with present purpose and utility. My work hinges on the transformation of materials--plants into paper, skin into leather-- and seeing that transformation continue as materials are put to a purpose, used and eventually worn out.
[email protected]
My work is rooted in a practical curiosity about the technological foundations of life as we know it. These foundations are often obscured beneath layer upon layer of successive technologies, but to me remain deeply relevant to understanding the world in our hands today.
While my work dives deeply into origins, my driving interest is in creating things with present purpose and utility. My work hinges on the transformation of materials--plants into paper, skin into leather-- and seeing that transformation continue as materials are put to a purpose, used and eventually worn out.
