Book selected: Christmas Frost in Summer: The Story of the Brontë Family, by Margaret Fox
I started by reading the content of the book, and was particularly drawn to the hardships and triumphs of the family (specifically the sisters) were put through. In response I started to systematically cut, with a scalpel blade, through each leaf of the book. Deconstructing/constructing an abstract pattern of fine lines; symbolising their collective sense of spirit. As I cut, I began to pick out key phrases, which I subsequently framed with my ‘pattern’.
In my practice I am currently concentrating on the impact that shadows and use of scale can have on ‘book objects’, and thus how they are transformed.
Having created this metaphorically cut book, I started to photograph it. Interestingly the resulting photographs have in fact become the finished pieces, speaking far more loudly than the ‘book object’ itself.
Recycling this book has shifted its original status- now a photographed art object, where the audience is unable to interact with it.
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