Smith begins this process by constructing massive handmade paper collages, pulling material from drawn cut-outs and photo lithographs.
George Jallo, the attending neurosurgeon, spent a long time arranging her head on gel padding and then drew "Cut here" markings on her shaved scalp.
In fact, the piece is a collage, with a scrap of one drawing cut and pasted onto another to create an illusion of organic splintering.
I draw, cut and assemble each element in one go.
Kids like the galleries, but the real draw for them is the well-stocked Studio - free with admission - where they can draw, cut and assemble their own pictures and work on art projects with help from Art Teacher docents.
For example if I was making a basic cabin I'd draw, cut and assemble the walls before then working out the size of the roof pieces before then drawing and cutting these.
In classes, he instructs students to draw, cut out shapes on specific pages, fold, paste in objects, tear out anything they don't like basically transform it into a sculptural object that represents the music they want to create.
