The plates responded like paper when we cut out petal shapes, made darts, and screwed the aluminum petals onto blocks of wood. A 2-D object turned into a 3-D object by making a simple slit at its base, folding it under and securing it.Ībout the same time we started experimenting with aluminum printing plates from our local newspaper The Athens Messenger. One of the things that Kate shared with us, which changed the trajectory of the studio forever, was the technique of the dart. We decorated paper, cut pieces into petal shapes (drawn by Passion Works Artist Carolyn Williams) and stapled the shapes together making floral designs. In 1998 Ohio Arts Council Visiting Artist Kate Kern came to Passion Works and shared her process of making paper sculpture. The Passion Flower was born out of this desire, and remains a burst of color and a story of love and celebration of what is possible when we imagine otherwise. What if we thought about work differently? Instead of people fitting into jobs the studio became committed to creating work that fit within people’s interests and talents. The focus and effort necessary to put a cap on a pen can be extraordinary for a person with cerebral palsy. People, with severe physical challenges, were matched with jobs that required very fine motor skills like capping pens, folding paper and stuffing envelops. The work was repetitive with a clear expectation of an end product. For ten years Passion Works Studio was housed within a sheltered workshop that offered assembly line work options.
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