THE ARTIST

Jacqueline de la Fuente is a British-Filipino artist working primarily with paper fibre clay, a process transformed from papier-mâché to create sculptural vessels, objects and wall-based works.

She studied Textile Design, specialising in Weave, at Winchester School of Art, and later developed a background in textile design for interiors. This early engagement with material, structure and surface continues to inform her practice, which is rooted in a hands-on and intuitive approach to making.

Her work moves between art and object, exploring the tension between softness and structure, control and unpredictability. Working with a self-made paper fibre clay, Jacqueline constructs forms through layering, folding and joining rather than modelling from a single mass.

Edges are cut, compressed and eroded, creating irregular rhythms and forms that feel both familiar and unsettled. Her pieces often exist in a state of in-betweenness -  balanced between control and collapse, object and sculpture.

There is a quiet thread of personal experience within the work, reflecting a sense of existing between cultures. Rather than direct representation, this is expressed through form: shapes that suggest recognition while resisting clear definition.

MATERIAL

Working with recycled paper transformed into clay, Jacqueline pushes a traditionally humble material beyond its expected use. Each piece is built slowly in stages, retaining the trace of its making through surface, form and imperfection.

Her practice continues to explore how material behaviour can shape form, moving between softness and structure, control and unpredictability.

ARTWORKS & PRINTS

Jacqueline’s artworks and prints extend the visual language of her sculptural practice. Brushstrokes and lines flow organically across the surface, drawing inspiration from nature, her surroundings and the details of everyday life.