Young artist O' Connor makes the cut

Books, newspapers, catalogues, personal writings — artist Colin O’Connor uses all manner of paper to create his artworks. Cut into crisp shapes, stacked and rolled to make patterns, the end results have a signature style.

O’Connor, from Bishopstown in Cork, hit on this method of working towards the end of his degree course in CIT Crawford College of Art and Design.

“The drawings I was working on at the time were very personal to me and I wasn’t comfortable with the idea of exhibiting then. By chopping up the images and concealing the surface I could explore subject matter close to my heart without exposing myself or making myself vulnerable,” he says.