Bianca Alexander

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Rituals are found throughout all races and religions, through all people and they all mean something different to the people partaking in them.

The works I create are part of a personal ritual, both in media, process as well as subject matter. The process is a big part of my work and performs closure, protection, understanding as well as forming a visual aspect for the viewer. Although the works are incredibly personal, the viewer is drawn to the works through the different depths, textures, and abstract attributes which make up the whole.

The method I use results in a soft burn which is both functional and ethereal. Laser cutting is quite a "harsh" process, but the after effects are soft and serene, gentle burn marks on the board creates a completely unique element which is different for every piece. This process mirrors the results of how one deals with specific situations, the aftermath, the scars and memories of these events, and how one chooses to deal with them.

My process is my ritual, and is paramount in every work that I create. It is a personal journey that I take every time I create a work and although the viewer has not seen this process, the knowledge of its existence is there and it draws a deeper meaning to the works seemingly strange subject matter. The combination of subtle colour, gentle burns, the subject matter itself, shapes and words all work together to create an interesting surface that is intended to draw the viewer in and to allow them to make their own ritual by looking at each work and creating their own understanding from it.