Off with Their Heads
Today is the first day of my new blog. Very exciting for me as I selected my blog name more than a year ago, late one night, sitting at the computer at my brother-in-law's desk in
Mevagissy, Cornwall. As I have been recycling out of necessity since I was a young girl and now create art from paper ephemera, found objects and my own handmade paper, I felt 2ndhandpaper seemed a good fit. With this in mind, the newest work I am creating for the "Tossed and Found" show at
Main Street Art Gallery in Edwardsville, IL will be handmade books inspired by 2ndhandpaper. The show opens on April 2 from 6-8pm and runs through April.
The first of the conceptual artist’s books, “Off with Their Heads,” was inspired by an English
Anne Boleyn postage stamp and a tour of the
Tower of London last summer with family. The book is a collection of vintage envelopes, memorabilia, personal photos and historical facts about the Tower and those unfortunate enough to lose their heads at the command of ruling monarchy, plus a raven’s feather collected from the birds who, according to legend, keep the Tower from falling and a disaster from overtaking the empire.
This is a beautiful blog! I saw that you joined the Slow Cloth group on Facebook and followed the link to your page. Glad to discover and "meet" you.
ReplyDeleteElaine Lipson