Lauren Iida discusses her art practice and Open Studio Cambodia, the artist collective she founded in 2018, with the Phnom Penh Post.

Photo courtesy of Lauren Iida

Iida says that she really loves using hand-cut paper as her primary medium because the materials are not complicated or expensive and though it can be time consuming the process itself and the end results are always very satisfying to her.

“I really like the process of simplifying scenes, people and objects into positive and negative space,” says Iida.

Sometimes she adds watercolour layers to add colourful backgrounds or other details to her white cut paper compositions. She says she also really likes the paper cutting method because it’s very versatile and can be done on its own or in combination with other mediums.

quote courtesy of the Phnom Penh Post