Paper Nests

Paper Nest grew from Karen’s interest in creating something organic from the rigid, familiar structure of a book. Hand-torn pages are rolled into individual paper tuiles and attached to a wire skeleton, allowing each module to take on its own irregular shape, depth, and movement.

The natural tones of the pages create a soft, textural surface, with fragments of the original typography still visible throughout. Select tuiles are dipped in diamond dust, catching the light with a subtle sparkle that shifts as you move around the work.

Designed exclusively as a site-specific installation, Paper Nest is never confined to a predetermined shape or configuration. Individual modules can gather tightly together, extend across a wall, or move around architectural elements, giving Karen the freedom to build a composition that belongs specifically to that space. No two installations take the same form.

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Wall art made of rolled paper tubes arranged in clusters of various sizes and shapes.
Three large wall sculptures made of rolled paper tubes resembling abstract organic forms, mounted on a white wall in a gallery space, with a dark wooden bench below.
Close-up of a ball made from rolled-up newspaper tubes.
A woman in a black t-shirt and blue jeans standing in a room with beige textured walls, looking up and smiling at art installation of large, fuzzy, circular objects on the wall.
Close-up of tightly rolled, torn pages from books.
Collection of decorative objects made from rolled pages or paper, arranged on a white wall and one on a tree stump.
Close-up of a textured art piece composed of tightly rolled newspaper tubes arranged in a layered pattern.
Decorative wall art featuring multiple sea sponge sculptures arranged on a beige wall.