

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: A DELICATE STATE: The transformation of fragility to form through papercutting
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 03 Apr, 2026 at 03:00 pm – Fri, 03 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: 🌿 A Delicate State: The Transformation of Fragility to Form Through Papercutting
Solo Exhibition by Natalie Welborn

In A Delicate State, resident artist Natalie Welborn invites viewers into a world where fragility becomes strength, and the thinnest of materials carries the weight of entire ecosystems. Using silky specialty papers and surgical scalpels, Natalie transforms the vulnerable into the enduring—each cut a quiet act of devotion, each silhouette a testament to patience, precision, and wonder.

Inspired by the natural world, her work spans both the living and the long‑extinct: flora, fauna, and imagined creatures shaped with a level of detail that feels almost impossible for such a delicate medium. Drawing from reference photos, personal artifacts, and the stories she absorbs through podcasts and audiobooks, Natalie reconstructs the world in lace‑like layers—sometimes grounded in realism, sometimes touched by fantasy.

What emerges is a body of work that feels suspended between worlds: fragile yet resilient, intricate yet bold, ephemeral yet enduring.

This exhibition explores the transformation of simple paper into sculptural form, revealing how something easily torn can become something unforgettable. Through her meticulous cuts and meditative process, Natalie invites us to slow down, look closer, and consider the quiet power of the natural world—its beauty, its impermanence, and its ability to be reborn through art.

A Delicate State is not just an exhibition of papercutting.
It is an exploration of attention, transformation, and the profound strength hidden within the fragile.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/alton/a-delicate-state-the-transformation-of-fragility-to-form-through-papercutting/200029802518403
- **Event Categories**: art, exhibitions, fine-arts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 83

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029802518403?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=alton-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Alton
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 301 E Broadway, Alton, IL, United States, Illinois 62002
- **lat**: 38.88957
- **long**: -90.18189
- **full address**: 301 E Broadway, Alton, IL, United States, Illinois 62002

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Elysian Gallery (https://allevents.in/org/elysian-gallery/26619074)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 03 Apr, 2026 at 03:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 301 E Broadway, Alton, IL, United States, Illinois 62002
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Elysian Gallery
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, exhibitions, fine-arts
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about A DELICATE STATE: The transformation of fragility to form through papercutting ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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