The piece reflects on dementia and memory and our vulnerable elder generations.
A phrase I keep hearing repeated at the moment under the Coronavirus lockdown, that 'we are living in history right now' and what that means to us on a grander collective scale, and also in our own personal lives. What we will remember and pass on to the next generations, and what are experiences we have in our lives that are so personal and fleeting that they will disappear with us.
A piece based on the Aesop's Fable about the Raven and the Fox.
One day a hungry fox was wandering through the woods when he spots a Raven perched on a branch with a delicious looking piece of food. The Fox decided that he was going to eat this himself.
"Dear Raven, you are so beautiful and full of grace and your feathers gleam with such beauty. If only you had a beautiful voice too, you would surely be the king of all the birds."
The Raven, determined to prove to the fox that he did in fact, have all of these attributes, and did indeed deserve to be the King, began to sing towards the sky, carelessly dropping the food into the waiting foxes mouth.
"Oh dear Raven, the fox said, if only you had judgement too."
The moral being; Flatterers thrive on fools' credulity.
Three layered hand cut 135gsm paper cut.
28x38cm.
2020
Hand cut and hand painted.
2020
Cut from 36gsm Awagami Factory Kitakata washi paper.
A response to the changes that have occurred due to the Corona Virus pandemic and also world events in 2020, and how as somebody who already worked from home, it felt like I had entered a strange mirror world, where everything looked the same but it had all changed.
Looking out on to my always quiet street, I have reflected on the changes occurring whilst sat creating in a place that has remained unchanged by events.
2020
Hand cut Awagami Factory 36gsm Kitakata washi paper., painted with acrylic.
Hand cut and hand painted paper.
2020
Cut from 36gsm Awagami Factory Kitakata washi paper.
The body of the moth is made from clay and then painted. The wings are hand cut 36gsm Awagami Factory Kitakata paper, embroidered and painted.
Designed with a sun and moon motif to coincide with the summer solstice.
2020
Inspired by Kintsugi, the japanese art of fixing broken things with gold. Instead of seeing the damage as irreversible and broken, making the reconstruction and changes something beautiful in itself by seeing the cracks and the repairs made, as an event in the object's life that is not to be hidden, but to be seen.
Making the 'damage' a new epicenter of change where the pattern and stitching grows outwards from the tear in the paper and creating a new reality with the past, present and future visible and in a sort of harmony with each other.
Hand cut awagami factory 36gsm Kitakata washi paper, acrylic and embroidered thread.
2020
This found photograph was noted as 'Mother' and is from my very first batch of photographs from my found photograph series. Transformed into a Mother Nature type figure as a powerful matriarchal figure, her slightly frail frame and pose still portraying a strong woman. She is 80 in this photograph.
A magnolia crown symbolises dignity, nobility and gentleness.
Photograph printed on to Awagami Factory Kozo washi paper, hand cut and then hand painted.
2020
Hand cut and hand painted paper
2020
Cut from 36gsm Awagami Factory Kitakata paper
A response to the recent advice during the Coronavirus Pandemic regarding staying at home to save lives.
Hand cut from Awagami Factory Murakumo Kozo inkjet washi paper, and then hand painted.
2020
Hand cut from Awagami Factory Kitakata 36gsm washi paper.
2020
Hand cut 36gsm Awagami Factory Kitakata washi paper and hand painted.
My piece for the ABV Gallery show ‘Paper Trail’, exhibited 14th November 2020 to 6th January 2021
2020
Hand cut Awagami Factory 36gsm Kitakata paper, painted with acrylic.
Hand cut japanese washi paper, and hand painted.
21 x 10cm
2020
Made from Awagami Factory 36gsm Kitakata Green paper.
Hand cut paper and gold paint.
Cut from Awagami Factory 36gsm Kitakata washi paper.
2020
Hand cut and hand painted paper.
Symbols of renewal and regeneration.
2020
Cut from 36gsm Awagami Factory washi paper.
Hand cut paper, embroidered thread and acrylic.
2020
Cut from 36gsm Awagami Factory Kitakata paper.
Created for the Spoke Art Gallery show “Draw Me Like One of Your Final Girls”. Based on the 2019 horror film “Midsommar”
29th - 31st October 2020
Hand cut washi paper, painted with acrylic.
2020
Hand cut and hand painted paper.
Cut from 36gsm Awagami Factory Kitakata paper.
2020
This piece was made for the Spoke Art show “Miyazaki in NYC” which had its debut on 16th April 2020 at www.spoke-art.com
Hand cut and hand painted paper.
Cut from 36gsm Awagami Factory Kitakata paper.
2020
This piece was made for the Spoke Art show “Miyazaki in NYC” which had its debut on 16th April 2020 at www.spoke-art.com
The piece has now sold.
Hand cut and hand painted paper.
A piece for a collaborative work between the Paper Artist Collective and Ergo Kiwi.
The knife made by Ergo Kiwi, and a box containing a book will be sent to 22 artists in 11 different countries and we all contribute a page.
I wanted to make something about this being the beginning of the collaboration, being only the second artist, and thinking about how far it still has to travel. So my piece is inspired by old worn out maps and protective symbolism.
Abeona and Adiona are Roman Goddesses of Travel, Abeona watching over your outward journey, and Adiona on your return. The Humpback whale and the Arctic Tern have the longest migratory journeys of any animals and the sun and moon and other symbols to depict the distance and passage of time over a long period.
There are two rows of patterns at the bottom, of 22 and 11, which symbolic of the 22 participants and the 11 countries the book will visit.
You can follow along with the project by clicking here and the next artist, Emma Boyes, should be updating shortly with her progress!
2020
This is a piece of work about my hair starting to turn grey, little hairs here and there multiplying faster the deeper into my late thirties I get.
But also I quite like them. I earned every one of them and it's a privilege to have them and to have lived and experienced everything so far.
One day I hope they will all be silver and I'll have so many more stories to tell. There is no shame in showing that we live and age, despite what women are told in the media every day. Embrace them!
Hand cut and hand painted 36gsm Awagami Factory Kitakata paper.
Approx 17x17cm
2020
A follow on from the robot series, this botanist robot piece has been named Arber, after the famous female Botanist Agnes Arber.
Hand cut japanese Awagami Factory 36gsm kitakata washi paper. Hand painted.
2020
Inspired by the power, knowledge and life experience of women living through the 20th century.
Hand cut and hand painted Awagami Factory kozo washi paper.
2020
A response to the social distancing advice during the recent Coronavirus pandemic and a reflection that although we are not physically present, we can still communicate, collaborate and share ideas.
Hand cut 36gsm Awagami Factory Kitakata washi paper, hand painted.
2020
Created for the Spoke Art Gallery show “Draw Me Like One of Your Final Girls”.
29th - 31st October 2020
Hand cut washi paper, painted with acrylic.
2020
A response top the recent measures during the Coronavirus Pandemic for protecting the vulnerable, and the community effort in staying away from those that we care about to keep them safe.
Hand cut from Awagami Factory 36gsm Kitakata Washi paper.
2020