Magnolia 2005

Su Blackwell lebt in Schottland, über ihr Werk sagt die Künstlerin: These works can be seen as metaphors for language. Like language, that is ephemeral and powerful.
While I'm dealing with dark subject matter, such as loss, loneliness and fragility, I am dealing with it in a light manner.
I use non-art materials such as books and clothes to create work which evokes a sense of dreamy melancholy or magical enchantment. I'm interested in the realm of fairy-tales and folk-legends and have been working on a series of book-works exploring these themes, externalising the pages of the book and allowing it to be read in another way.
I find the materialization of the flat piece of paper an almost magical process.
As I become more involved in the making, I feel like I am creating small stage sets, inhabited by characters caught up in their own magical, whimsical and sometimes haunting journeys.



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