After more than a decade of working as an architect, Portugal-based artist Ana Frois shifted her path to drawing and visual arts and is now working as an artist. “I do art because I want to make a record of how I see things. I am interested in reflections and duplications.”

She explores the ideas of the home, the passage of time and the transformations of nature. Her keen eye is set on shapes and structures that may otherwise have been overlooked. This is evident in her art prints that depict both everyday interior objects and mesmerising abstract forms. “For me, the main thing is to pay attention. To simply look around.”

Ana works with all kinds of paper, both new and old, but has a partiality towards the old and worn: “I enjoy very much working with aged paper and old books, which I am kind of addicted to,” she says. Lately, she has been working on a series of bigger drawings, where she uses red thread to create her pieces — actually sewing the motif instead of drawing it with a pencil.