Laura Baker

In residence at Platform Arts Hub Blayney.

Laura Baker is an Australian visual artist working in the medium of paper cutting. 

Laura was born in the Central West region of NSW and completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the College of Fine Arts (now UNSW Art & Design). Laura spent several years living in Sydney and Melbourne whilst working in the independent book industry, before completing post-graduate studies in Arts & Cultural Management. She now lives in childhood hometown of Blayney NSW.

Starting with unmarked paper, Laura uses surgical cuts to explore the qualities, detail, and shape of the Australian landscape. Forms appear from the negative space as images are ‘drawn’ with the blade. A tension exists between the pull of metal through paper and the delicate strands left behind. This reflective process both imitates the larger, devastating cuts by human hand to the environment, and restores a humble product of such exploitation, the piece of paper, back to a remnant of what once was. The final pieces are as much as about the paper imagery, as the emptiness and the faint shadows cast beyond the work.

See more of Laura’s work here: laurabakerartist.com.au