"PHOENIX" CUT-OUTS
CAROLINE BERGONZI PROCESS
The Phoenix series illustrates rebirth and transformation. Technically, the transformation is quite simple. A sheet of metal, rectangular if not square. A drawing, hand made by the artist, and cut-out very precisely, by herself, to form from two to three dimensions the artwork, in one piece only. The first ones were mostly winged semi abstract shapes. She calls this her Phoenix technique, a method quite intense and time consuming, which requires a meditative state and sharp focus.