Hi Cornelia, tell us a bit about yourself

I am currently working as a freelance artist & designer. This year I’ve been busy exploring 3D modelling, making papier mâché from recycled material for mini paper clay sculptures, creating some paintings and sewing a heap of cute wavy shaped bags. 

I have also recently worked on promotional designs for the film and music industry. 

It is always fun to see your designs out in the world, for everyone to see.

I have been curious since a young age, always eager to learn and understand the world around me through play. My imagination often gets the better of me, which means I can't put an idea to rest until I have fully investigated it.

Being a multi-disciplinary artist, what’s your favourite medium to play with?

My favourite medium at the moment is 3D modelling. I’m really enjoying experimenting in that environment, before actualising them in real life. It has also infiltrated my graphic design and other 2D visual works, adding more depth and texture to the pieces.

Technology feeds a lot into your work, how do you describe its relationship to your practice?

The technological side to my practice feels like a vast canvas with endless possibilities. It feels like a place without limits. It is a plane where I am able to manifest and imagine. I like that my work can be stored digitally and accessed whenever I need to. Having a digital side to my practice has its downfalls. I experience object permanence, which means I often forget about what I have completed, or what I am currently working on, until I stumble upon on my hard-drive. That’s where my physical practice comes into play. I get to create tactile artefacts based on what I have experimented with in a digital setting.

What’s been your favourite project?

My favourite project has been my latest, which was completed as part of an online digital residency with Nextdoor Ari. For this project, I designed an interactive website featuring the shapes and forms created with 3D modelling software. I generated a variety of short animations and wrote about the thoughts and reactions to the object that were featured on the website.

I used a Neural text-to-voice (AI) to add audio transcriptions and added odd and abstract alt-text to images. The idea is to be as inclusive as possible in terms of accessibility. The aim of the website was to evoke a relaxing emotional state that allows the user to explore a soothing digital environment.

What’s your biggest influence?

Process is a big influence. The pacifying feeling of the to and fro from digital to physical and vice versa allows me to see patterns and flows in the process. You begin to see the bigger picture, which allows new possibilities to open up. At the moment, I am inspired by the objects and sculptures that other artists have created. The conciseness of their style and process and their ability to curate their creations before introducing them so seamlessly into the world. That is something I wish to integrate into my own work. It's very exciting.