https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2022/03/cecilia-levy-text-sculptures/
I'm feeling very drawn to old books and different textures and types of paper for this project and was delighted to find this artist in online arts website - Colossal. Cecilia Levey makes these delicate, feminine, domestic objects from old vintage books and papers.
It's quite nostalgic, reminds me of the way breakables are packed in newspaper, these have become the paper. I like the traditional looking girls shoes along side the tea set, it reminds me of childhood and makes me feel a bit sad, It feels to me like there is a story of remembrance which is an element that I would like to capture in my own work for this project. A sense of place, but a highly personal sense, like the feeling you would get from reading a person's diary entry about a place rather than a visitors guide.
Also I'm looking into old books and book binding and lifting words directly from grave stones as a language to use in my project.just as this artist is working with print and words but really the work is the object, like it was written into reality. Is the print meant to be read? Adding mystery rather than clarity.
Allowing for a more personal interpretation.
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