Studios > Irys Schenker
Irys Schenker's work unites architectural concepts with craft traditions.
"Cardboard, yarn, thread, ribbon, fabric and other quotidian materials combine to explore how we relate to spaces and structures. I depict subtle moments of introspection within places that have traces of human inhabitance. I think of my work as a perpetual quest for home.
My stitched window screen pieces are like contemporary samplers. They use the idea of the simulacrum, navigating the limitations of the screen's grid to transform the original or copied image or model.
My new cardboard pieces are formed with an inquiry into concepts in Japanese and Modern architecture. "A House," is a depiction of a domicile where the rooms are discrete suspended components. Travel snapshots appear out of windows and skylights.
Currently I am working on a series of life size free standing facade-like cardboard structures called "Destinations."
