Inspired by the medieval drawings of mandrake plants, but of a more gentle imagined folklore.
Hand cut 36gsm Japanese Awagami Factory kitakata washi paper, hand painted.
2019
Hand cut paper and acrylic paint
Approx 11 x 11 in
Created for the ABV Gallery show “Paper Trails”
Exhibition on show until 5th October 2019 in Atlanta, USA
Cut from Awagami Factory 36gsm Kitakata washi paper
35 hand cut Ginkgo Leaves, some hand painted with gold acrylic
Made as part of a collaboration with Impression Originale
Cut from Awagami Factory Kozo washi paper
Hand cut from Awagami Factory 36gsm paper
Painted with acrylic paint
2019
Hand cut 32gsm gampi washi paper, with hand painted gold acrylic.
Bennu is an ancient Egyptian heron deity associated with rebirth, the dun and creation. The two headed/intertwined snakes are symbolic of rebirth, the earth and the underworld and are represented as night and day (life and death).
It is also the name of a potentially dangerous asteroid that could impact earth in approximately 150 years time.
The koi are symbolic of strength of purpose, long life and good luck.
Hand drawn and hand cut paper, 80x40cm
A Psychopomp is a spirit or deity, often depicted in animal form, which guide people into the afterlife. It is also an amazing word.
The piece is split into two, night and day, life and death. The daytime is represents life and growth, organic patterns and plants. The second half with nocturnal animals and abstract patterns, representing the more abstract idea of what comes 'after'.
Inspired by concepts in Greek mythology and myth.
The piece along with Bennu, will be displayed at the Salon Des Beaux Arts 2019, in Paris at the Carrousel de Louvre 13th-16th December 2019.
Hand drawn and hand cut Awagami Factory kozo washi paper with acrylic paint.
20x30cm
2019
Torn and hand cut paper, painted with acrylic.
2019
Approx 20x10cm
Hand drawn and hand cut paper
2019
Hand drawn and hand cut paper painted with acrylic
2019
Cut from Awagami Factory Kitakata green 36gsm paper
Approx 25x15cm
Hand drawn and hand cut paper.
Four layers of hand cut 36gsm washi paper, which has then been hand painted with black and gold acrylic, and four layers of thin vellum paper.
2019
12cm x 12cm
Hand drawn and hand cut paper painted with acyrlic.
2019
Cut from Awagami Factory 36gsm washi paper.
This piece was made for the Green Show by SCIP. Exhibition opens to the public on the 15th August 2019. For more information visit their website here
Hand drawn and hand cut paper painted with acrylic
21cm x 21cm
2019
Based on the series Game of Thrones, for the Spoke Art tribute show ‘Winter is Here’. To be shown at their San Francisco gallery location 6th - 7th April 2019.
For availability and more information, please email events@spoke-art.com
Hand drawn and hand cut paper painted with acrylic.
2019
My version of Haku from the film Spirited Away, for the Spoke Art Miyazaki tribute show “My Neighbour Hayao”. To be shown at Pow! Wow! Hawaii 13th - 16th February 2019
For information on the piece, please contact events@spoke-art.com
Hand drawn and hand cut paper, painted in acrylic.
3.5 x 5.5 in
A portrait of Hayao Miyazaki for the Spoke Art Miyazaki tribute show “My Neighbour Hayao”. To be shown at Pow!Wow! Hawaii 13th - 16th February 2019.
For more info please email events@spoke-art.com
Hand drawn and hand cut paper
Cut from 36gsm handmade japanese washi paper.
2019
My decorated Okiagari Koboshi for the Okiagari Koboshi project by Kenzo Takada.
This is a traditional doll from the Fukushima prefecture called an Okiagari Koboshi. Symbolising resilience, the dolls will be exhibited from 14-16th September in Roppongi, Tokyo to commemorate the anniversary of the Fukushima disaster. They are messages of hope and friendship to the japanese people and the victims of the disaster.
I chose sunflowers to decorate my doll. After the disaster, and in other similar disaster areas such as Chernobyl, fields of sunflowers are planted as they soak up radiation through their roots, which I think is amazing. A wonderful symbol of hope! Plus they are such a happy flower!
Thanks to the Salon des Beaux Arts
Experimental
Hand cut paper
2019