Eskay (Steven Kroiss) never saw paper as a simple material. For him, it's a living skin that, when cut and layered, can be transformed into something entirely new: a breathing dome, a blossoming wall, a leaf reminiscent of a cathedral.

Based in Illinois, he combines drawing, painting, and paper sculpture to explore the connection between what we build and what nature teaches us. His process is slow, almost meditative: each layer is a discovery, each line a personal quest.

The result is pieces that invite us to pause and look with different eyes. In front of them, the monumental and the fragile meet, and one discovers that the geometry that sustains churches also lives in the branches of trees or the thorn of a leaf. This certainty that everything is united by a common pattern is what Eskay shares with those who approach his work.