Artist Book: Embedded Strata

15 x 15 mm, SOLD

I am delighted that my book, Embedded Strata, has been selected to be in the From Book to Book Exhibitions which will take place at Leeds Art Gallery.


the Paper for this book is made out of unwanted material, which carries nonetheless the history of it previous use. The paper base is made out of paper earmarked for recycling from home, office and educational uses. The texture and inclusions of the paper are very tactile and varied. The colour is subtly different in each batch of papers and provided by the 'waste' soil of the different areas of the hungate archaeological dig .

Fairy Tales Series

These drawings are part of the Fairy Tales series, from work produces when working with artist Charley Peters ( http://www.charleypeters.com/index.html)%20and ) and exhibited at Leeds Met Gallery in 2006.

Red,
the colour of love and passion,
the colour of rage and violence,
the colour of royalty,
the colour of blood, life giving or bleeding ...



This Drawing in informed by the role of the beautiful princess in fairy tales. She is usually a pure virgin dressed in white, symbol of innocence and kindness.

Red Dress (Beautiful Princess),
2006
850 x 1120 mm,
Watercolour pencil on translucent paper,
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Are contemporary little Red Riding hoods, our hoodies, young people who have strayed from the path and been devoured by the wolf? This work also questions the way we judge and are judge by our clothing.

Red Hoodie, (Little Red Riding Hood) ,
2006
850 x 1120 mm,
Watercolour pencil on translucent paper,
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Based on the fairy tale of the red shoes, the symbol of independence, creativity and the feral woman. If we surpress our creative self, it will come beckoning with revenge and take us into an eternal and deathly dance. There is an insightful chapter on Self-preservation in Clarissa Pinkola Estes's Book: Women who run with the wolves, Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype.

Red Shoes
2006
850 x 1120 mm,
Watercolour pencil on translucent paper,

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