I pretty much keep everything; we have drawers full of samples and tests and every old catalogue and magazine.
Patricia PiccininiI think people perceive my creatures as absurd because they look different, but at the same time, they are a little bit familiar. I want people to feel a kind of empathy with them. When you think about it, all nature is kind of strange looking.. in fact, I'm a strange a looking creature.
Patricia PiccininiI work with whatever mediums seems best suited to evoking the sorts of thoughts and emotions I am interested in playing with.
Patricia PiccininiI certainly don't see the humour in my work as something that detracts from its seriousness. It's just a way of making difficult messages more palatable.
Patricia Piccinini