"...Once she realized paper could be a kind of layering, another skin, she became excited at the possibility of expanding her engagement with process and translating her visual iconography of Buddhist symbols, mandalas, and stupa plans into the new medium."

"As 'blueprints', these images of places," Shechet explains, "combine the architecture of the mind (mandalas) with real site plans of ancient Buddhist shrines (stupas)...In juxtaposing mandalas and stupas, I build new forms using an ancient framework. "While the use of blue pigments refers to water, this series is named for a special blue and white porcelain, Flow Blue, which is iconic in cultures of the East and West, but originally invented in China. By translating her interests in mathematics, maps, diagrams, and directional elements, Shechet attempts to create a visual language that exists in the West and simultaneously refers to the East."-Donna Stein catalogue essay:Rags to Riches: 25 Years of Papermaking From Dieu Donne Papermill