Description

Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Book in excellent unread/unused condition. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> I collect. Which artist doesn’t? My collecting instinct includes books old textiles found images from newspapers and magazines letters and especially paper discards. These precious materials are often crumpled torn and reused. Fragmentation crasing and layering are part of a process that marks the passing of time. I often feel like an archaeologist trying to make sense of a trail of found artefacts that I then organize and rearrange while following ideas that result in the creation of new pieces. Those who reuse materials or use found objects as a part of the creative process do so for a variety of reasons ranging from virtuous thrift to environmental protection. In a consumer society there is excessive wastage so using discarded materials in textiles can reflect our political and social concerns and anxiety about global warming. The overpowering physical changes to the landscape brought about by man through farming building and the overuse of world resources raise issues about our fragile relationship with the local and global environment. These issues are worthy of consideration as subject matter for the textile artist. (SP)