KirstenHassenfeld's elaborate paper sculpturesdraw on the artist's love of ornamentation and find power through herpainstaking craftsmanship. The product of hundreds of hours of cutting,folding, rolling and coiling, her works have taken the form of jewelsand luxury goods, ornaments and vases, and most recently trees andflowers. The Bell Gallery exhibition includes two bodies of work: Blueware, new works that combine decorative ceramics and nature, and Dans la Lune, a fanciful installation of ornate hangingsculpture that was commissioned in 2007 by the Rice Art Gallery,Houston, TX.

Curated by Jo-Ann Conklin
image: Blueware, 2009