waste paper dish by hannah lobley from uk

Statement - Process

After accidentally leaving a book out in the rain, Hannah Lobley developed the internationally exhibited and award winning Paperwork, a unique recycling technique using the printed pages of unwanted books and paper. The pages are layered and transformed back into a solid wood like material. Traditional wood working methods are then used to create sculptural objects from that material. The surface patternation of the paper when the objects are lathe turned echoes wood grain. Wood becomes paper becomes wood.

Paperwork is a very tactile, open and adaptable product appealing to many, from the book lover and art enthusiast, to the ecologically conscious, interior designers, architects and those just looking for the unique and unusual.

Paperwork is available for sales, site specific commissions, and individual projects. Each product and material is hand-made in England; and is a one off, unique item in which shape can be reproduced but the distinct surface texture cannot be recreated.

This piece entered in the Incheon International Design Awards shows how we can produce simplistic everyday decorative items completely from waste paper, creating an intriguing surface texture on a solid ‘Paper’ product.