Article: Carving out a niche: three years after moving to Switzerland, Australian artist Thea Katauskas is making a name for herself, merging mythological figures with images from Swiss daily life.(Expat Profile)

The torso of a broad shouldered man flows seamlessly from the fabric of an old-fashioned armchair, a mountain goat is half-transformed into a descending cablecar, and a powerfully-built stag sprouts electric lamps instead of antlers. And meanwhile, beneath all these framed images, 29-year-old Sydney-born artist. Thea Katauskas is carving from the woodblock that will give form to her next creation.

In keeping with many of the subjects in Katauskas' works, her chosen medium is centuries old. Wood-block printing is thought to have begun in ancient China, making its way to Europe only in the latter part of the thirteenth century. Having recently moved from the other ...

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