Cecilia Levy

Cecilia Levy is a Swedish paper artist. Formerly a graphic designer and book binder, she realised years ago that she was a maker at heart that needed to work with physical materials.

Inspired by nature or common, everyday-objects found at home or in thrift shops, Cecilia creates sculptural objects in paper, using old books. Book pages are torn, cut or shredded and then merged back together again using moulds, wheat starch paste and papier maché technique. The book is recreated in a way, but takes on a new form, resulting in delicate, eggshell-thin, objects. The two-dimensional becomes three-dimensional. Work process is slow and meditative.

Cecilia exhibits nationally and internationally, and works with public and private art commissions. Her work is included in permanent collections such as the Swedish National Museums’.

She lives in Sigtuna and works in her studio at Ateljéföreningen Hospitalet in Uppsala.

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