THE process begins with the paper in water until it is in pulp form then the water is strained from the pulp until tacky and damp. A bit of powdered plater is added to act as a binding agent. Each sculpture begins with discarded junk mail—fragments of daily life, shredded and broken down to their raw fibers. In the pulping process, these fibers separate, then reconnect, forming new bonds and relationships, much like the way ideas, histories, and societies reshape themselves over time

Paper and plaster—two simple materials, yet the essence of every structure that shapes our world, from the constitution of nations to the sacred texts of religion