When light takes shape
- Anne-Charlotte's works are distinguished by delicacy
- She is inspired by the lines and veins of plants
- Each creation is a unique piece
As a paper sculptor, Anne-Charlotte Saliba discovered the material during her studies of applied arts in environmental design. Paper helped her to experiment with her ideas. "I wanted to work with my hands," she explains. "Paper was much more within my economic reach. This, combined with the fact that the material offered me an incredible range of possibilities, gave me the chance to dedicate myself to this type of art craft". Not only paper, but also light, something that she already felt inside herself and that, applied to paper sculptures, results into unique creations: lamps either with geometric shapes or with sinuous movements that give lightness and elegance to the object and the environment in which it is placed.
INTERVIEW
When I’m working, it’s like I’m plunging into a “micro world” full of details, folds and curves. This craft implies a lot of precision, I would say almost a mathematical rigour. There is a game of folds that ensures a geometric volume of each piece.
I love botany and the invertebrates of the marine abysses. When working I take inspirations either from leaves and their veins, or from luminescent creatures of the abyss. I also create paper bas-reliefs incised with a punch, which requires more a physical work.
I would rather say that I express myself and what I like. I explore the material in all its facets and possibilities of being worked and shaped. It is more about the appropriation of a personal thing that does not express something traditional.
I would not say so. I have many orders, and this makes me believe that what I do is appreciated, beyond the dominant trends and tastes. I guess that through my work I can communicate joy that is understood as beauty.
