Lauren Iida

  Lauren’s intricate hand-cut artworks depict everyday objects — electric fans,

  reading glasses, playing cards, etc. — to create magical webs of recollection.

  They are “traps,” and they all tell a story. Much of Iida's work is influenced by

  Cambodia where she has lived for many years working on various non-profit

  and social entrepreneurship projects beginning in 2008. Other major

  influences include her family's Japanese American heritage and incarceration

  during WWII and her Pacific Northwest home of Seattle, Washington.