a sunny Autumnal day in Hadleigh
and a visit to HOFS for the
Book Arts Fair
it's not often we get something so
good in my locale!
here are my personal goodies
delicate pages of bark and paper
she asked visitors to write their names on paper
and bind them within this ongoing piece
photographic images, text and written words
on canvas squares by Triss Norman
the disjointed calendar of mixed feeling
I love Karen's work and how she twangs the
strings of motherhood, attachment and memory
Haptophobia
glass and text
imprisoned with a box
there was so much to adore and admire
her delicately stitched works have a dark side
within the brown paper wrap
the pattern to stitch your very own
silk grenade
Smell the Coffee
tensile strength of everyday objects
culled books from her partners bookcases
the covers stripped and red ink dipped
violence and remembrance
The True Edge of Creation
these vibrant raging pages
soaked in good inks
layered strata
flickering in the November light
something unexpected conjured from the mundane
constructed deconstructed
bringing new responses
wonder disgust intrigue