Paper is a natural choice of material for American Pat Campbell's artwork, which has been exhibited in Europe and US. Paper is a fragile material that can be easily ripped or torn. It provides the translucency Campbell seeks in her constructions and provides a plane of material that is easily shaped and accepts the reed, wood and paper cord that she applies.

Pat Campbell work is strongly derived from the Japanese shoji screen, which is traditionally made of rice paper. The qualities of paper now available are exciting to work with; primarily, Pat Campbell use a very simple, thin white rice paper. The structures that she make are quite fragile in appearance. To reinforce the fragility of the pieces, treated rice paper is effective.

Line is one of the seven elements of art. It can convey many emotions depending upon how it is drawn or applied. It can be straight, diagonal, vertical, thick or thin. It can be curved, zigzagged etc. In Pat Campbell work, the line of the piece is often curved, but in other pieces it is pointed. The emotion Pat Campbell try to portray in all pieces is one of calmness or meditation. The pieces are usually all made from one module that is repeated and placed in layers to give the feeling of depth. There are usually 2 to 4 layers. As sculpture, the free standing smaller pieces are planes that convey depth by the layering.