Pollination Plant Shelter System by Marianne Eriksen Scott-Hansen. Contribution to The Mindcraft Project 2023. Photo Credit: Anders Sune Berg.

From The Mindcraft Project 2023. Video Credit: Benjamin Lund.

Starting Over Again by Marianne Eriksen Scott-Hansen. Contribution to Mindcraft 17. Photo Credit: Jeppe Gudmundsen Holmgreen.

Rosa (work in progress) by Marianne Eriksen Scott-Hansen. Commissioned work for private client, 2019. Photo Credit: M.E.S.H. Studio

Ressurection Rose by Marianne Eriksen Scott-Hansen. For Homo Faber Event, Venice, 2018. Photo Credit: M.E.S.H. Studio.

Unicorn Roses (work in progress) for Hermès by Marianne Eriksen Scott-Hansen, 2019. Photo Credit: M.E.S.H. Studio.

From The Mindcraft Project 2023. Photo Credit: Benjamin Lund.

Marianne Eriksen Scott-Hansen — Paper Artist, Sculptor

“I work one hundred percent intuitively, without templates or measurements or even sketches. I simply gather large amounts of tissue paper, mixing the multiple layers of coloured sheets until forms begin to take shape. Through free hand cutting and draping, twisting, turning and braiding, knotting, tying, squeezing, even hammering everything together in an approach that is experimental and organic.”

About:

Surrounded by her work in progress, prototypes and samples, paper artist Marianne Eriksen Scott-Hansen has transformed a 19th century stables and carriage house in Frederiksberg into a studio exploding with colour, texture and form. From a former career within the fashion industry, a desire to work hands-on with materials and techniques that would fuel both her maximalist urges and responsibility for the environment, Marianne was drawn to paper in all its forms – in particular the unique ability of tissue paper to be shaped and formed. Working intuitively with her chosen medium, her creations appear part flora, part fauna – references both real and imagined cross- pollinating until her final forms are both familiar yet totally unique. Layer upon layer of coloured tissue is twisted and turned into over-scaled creations that defy the slight material that shaped them. Her work in larger than life scale is united with a richness and detail in colour, expressing the freedom and joy Marianne brings with her into every project.

Part of Mindcraft:

2017, 2023

Instagram:

@marianneeriksenscotthansen

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