Alexandra Cicorschi
Available Works
Growing up in Romania during the last years of its communist regime, I internalized at an early age how limited resources can fuel creative reuse. When in need, people reach out for help, forming communities, offering support - and almost nothing gets discarded in this cycle. Some of my earliest memories are of my family’s repurposing, fixing and repairing household items. Replacing something that was broken was a luxury very few could afford. An object’s story didn’t always end after its first life cycle had been exhausted.
The majority of the wood I use in my work comes from local demolished houses and old furniture. I started working with salvaged materials when I came across discarded construction slabs with over 400 rings in their grain. I was struck by the idea that people regarded something this old and beautiful as trash. When I buy a slab of wood, I imagine another tree being cut.
The strips I create by re-milling salvaged materials become my brushstrokes. Small movements inside wood grains influence large movements in the composition. Open angles guide the fluidity of lines, telling a story of perpetual movement and transformation. Continuity is at the base of creation because everything evolves from something. Where we decide to start our story is just the act of deciding what segment to focus on. Every artwork I create is a fragment of a bigger picture.
