Wall Based Sculptures

Armour, 2025 detail

Stitched and waxed rag paper impregnated with

distemper and Japanese paper starch

Meditations on my Body Series

Continuing to explore areas around painting and sculpture, a key part of my practice is time spent experimenting with prospective materials. My approach is one of speculative making, and in the last few years my practice has shifted from dyed and painted textiles to pigment-impregnated paper. The physical process of fabrication—submerging the paper into warm glue and then manipulating it into shape whilst still warm and wet—is all part of the enjoyment. I describe these works as feeling-scapes of the body.

Using a process unique to my practice, these works are constructed with distemper-impregnated paper that has been waxed and stitched, forming objects that appear both durable and delicate. These materials allow me to explore surface, skin, and structure in ways that echo the physical and emotional landscape of the body.

Caroline Ingham

Wall Based Sculptures

Torso

Shattered

Embrace

Armour, Meditations on my Body Series

Ilium, Meditations on my Body Series