ANATOMY OF THE ARBOREAL by British artist Caroline Jane Harris. The artist explores the complexities of nature through a labour-intensive paper-cutting technique - by responding to visual phenomena such as geometric, linear and circular motifs found in all levels of existence. Using photographs of tree formations as her starting point, she digitally manipulates her images through a pre-determined ‘action’ resulting in kaleidoscopic symmetry. The work is slow and obsessive, requiring concentration, repetition and discipline hailing to historic techniques. The immediacy of the cut-out allows for no technical mediation between the cut and the end result unlike at the digital design stage, the paper has a neutral surface where every mark is the artist’s own against a backdrop of digital virtue, the process of creating is equally as important as the finished artwork. The cuts sum-up the total experience and convey the artistic journey to the viewer.