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portrait of Anna-Will Highfield “I like materials that have a bit of resistance to them. I don’t like things that are too malleable that you can do anything with. I like paper and copper because they have an integrity to them that you cannot manipulate too much. I like materials that have limitations if that makes sense.” Highfield has found joy in creating these creatures out of paper, a style that came about accidentally late one night while she was pregnant and decided to make a present for her unborn daughter. She came across some paper and began making a small wren –although at this point she used glue to assemble the pieces. The artist had such fun making the sculpture that she began making more and more. Presently, she takes the cotton paper and hand sews the pieces together with cotton thread. Highfield finds beauty in the obvious appearance of the thread that holds her sculpture together “I leave the stitches and the threads on the surface so you can see. I find it intriguing when you can see how something is made… more intriguing than when it is hidden.”
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