Mar 10, 2017
THE ESPERANTO OF CURRENCY Staton has made us some money… A beautiful digital print, embellished with a silk screen gold coin. She that the work- “¥ € £ $ and ₹; is a repeat motif created from these overlaid global currency symbols. The Esperanto of Currency was...
Mar 10, 2017
THOU SHALT NOTS Hughes has created a linocut, delivered with his usual dry wit. He says that his work has been “taken from a quote from Under Milk Wood- ‘Only you can see in the blinded bedrooms, the combs and petticoats over the chairs, the jugs and basins,...
Mar 10, 2017
PINCH Angela has created a painting for each box. She says that “the work is about the pinch you get when you are folding clothes or a bit like a folded page of a book that is closed in a hurry. I wanted to use an everyday colour for the work, so I thought that yellow...
Mar 10, 2017
LUNAR HARE This hand printed and painted watercolour piece is playful and full of references. Reid says that “the Hare is the Trickster, the Free Thinker… and is a specific reference to Beuys. The moon is female. The primary colours are also a nod to the Bauhaus and...
Mar 10, 2017
PRINTEMPS Peter Blake’s delicate screen print is part of his “Found Art” series. Collaged together and embellished by recreating the gold that has faded over time. Sir Peter Blake (b. 1932, Dartford, Kent) is a British painter, sculptor, draughtsman and printmaker. ...
Mar 10, 2017
SHE’S ALL HEART Abigail has created this collage of hand sewn felt laid on top on an intricate, intriguing photo-montage. She says of the work ” When I look at the human heart separated from the body, its almost incomprehensible that this alien like organ,...