Nature As A Muse, Karolin Kutteri

Karolin Kutteri
“As both an artist and a therapist, my work in each field is inevitably influenced by the other. They coexist naturally in a symbiotic relationship. Through my art, I feel a responsibility to contribute to social dialogue and to build intercultural bridges, moving through the wide field of the green wilds. Yes, I work with plants because they give me a Pippi Longstocking effect: they make me feel alive, wild, and connected to the roots of our very nature. Inspired by the traditional craft of iron-gall ink making, I developed a modified steam-pressure printing technique that preserves the traces of plants and their companions—human survivors – old rusty objects. 

Most often, I travel to places where nature has been affected by human activity in order to archive the stories of plants. In this way, my prints become quiet acts of protest, poetic ecologies, and reflections of ecological fragility.”