Feature in Watercolor Artist Magazine

Taking watercolour paper into the Third Dimension

In December 2020 Watercolour Artist Magazine featured Polly Verity’s works in watercolour paper.

“I begin by folding a simple curve into the dampened sheet of paper,” she explains. “As I work, suggestions of form open up to me and I coax these hints further into being by shaping, using my hands.”

Making a Splash

Polly Verity Making a Splash

“I’ve folded geometric designs into paper for the past 15 years,” says Verity. “I’m drawn to the limitations of manipulating a sheet of paper without cutting and the the quality of the paper itself – the intriguing mathematics of a curved fold and watching the resulting improbable topology appear before my eyes. The figurative realm is a new departure for me, and the wet-folding technique is new to me too – luscious for its immediacy, instantaneous form and quick result.”

Polly Verity Making a Splash

Polly Verity and her process, wet-folding sheets of watercolour paper

“I’ve folded geometric designs into paper for the past 15 years,” says Verity. “I’m drawn to the limitations of manipulating a sheet of paper without cutting and the the quality of the paper itself – the intriguing mathematics of a curved fold and watching the resulting improbable topology appear before my eyes. The figurative realm is a new departure for me, and the wet-folding technique is new to me too – luscious for its immediacy, instantaneous form and quick result.”

As for the future, the artist says she’s open to her meditative process as it typically guides her way. “Most of the time,” she says, “I’m an observer.”

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