Jen Shark:

I love the use of bright colours in her work; the use of repetitive shapes and lines create illusional effects in some pieces. Shark's work reminds me of the artist 'Bridget Riley' who also uses geometric patterns and similar colours.

Taking inspiration from Jen Spark's work, I have experimented using similar shades of coloured paper. 

The technique I used was quite a long process; I created 30 of these 3D shapes, it was very hard trying to keep the shapes together as I didn't use an glue or tape, so it fell apart on many occasions!.

I started to make each shape with a 14cm by 14cm square of coloured paper and followed a Origami technique I had come across while browsing on the internet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kr0Og_HR7Q

I find this  very effective technique however, I want to explore more natural looking shapes and perhaps using colours that are more neutral......