Artist Peter Gentenaar creates extraordinary paper sculptures for exhibition at the abbey church of Saint-Riquier church in northern France. In this space the sculptures take on an ethereal quality. The sculptures are made of molded paper, dye, and bamboo. More than a hundred paper sculptures were in the church's grand halls.
The artist describes his progression on his website, "Because I started out as a printmaker and sculptor, it took time to lose the idea that paper was a helpful carrier for prints or a filler for molds. Gradually I found that the single sheet of paper, which had not dried yet, had all the possibilities I needed. A paper sheet is thin and strong and can be compared to the leaf on a tree or plant. Reinforced with very thin ribs of bamboo that look like the ribs of a leaf, the analogy between the sheet of paper and the plant form is emphasized even more. By beating my pulp very long, an extraordinary play of forces occurs during the drying processes of my paper sculpture."
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