Wildflowers, Trees, and Quaint Cabins Spring From Su Blackwell’s Book Sculptures
“Nature in Britain” (2012). Photograph by Jaron James. All photographs © Su Blackwell, shared with permission
The enchanting, imaginative narratives often sure between the covers of a e book burst from the web page within the sculptures of Su Blackwell. Typically sourcing supplies from secondhand retailers, flea markets, and library gross sales, the British artist, who’s primarily based in Hastings, constructs lush gardens of birds and wildflowers and quiet cottages within the midst of evergreens that seem to emerge from classic volumes.
Imbued with motion within the type of wind or waves, the whimisical works are inclined to revolve across the fleeting and discovering refuge throughout occasions of loneliness and mundanity. Blackwell shares with Colossal:
I take my inspiration from fairytales and folklore and use these well-known tales as conduits for modern-day experiences. I usually seek for tales that relate to my life, whether or not that be Little Crimson Using Hood assembly the large dangerous wolf or a princess given an not possible activity of spinning straw (or in my case ‘phrases’) into gold, as within the Brother Grimm’s story “Rumplestiltskin. “The themes I discover have a common enchantment, and total, there’s a sense of hope pervading the works.
Blackwell is taking part in a bunch present opening this August at Gustav Lübcke Museum in Hamm, Germany, and has solo exhibitions scheduled for 2023 and 2024 at The Last Tuesday Society and Long and Ryle in London. You’ll be able to store prints, playing cards, and her illustrated e book of fairytales in her shop, and comply with her observe on Instagram. (through Women’s Art)
“Migrating Phrases” (2014)
“Blue Butterflies” (2022)
“The Lighthouse Keeper’s Cottage” (2014). Photograph by Yeshen
Left: “The Painted Girl” (2019). Photograph by John Reynolds. Prime proper: “Weeds.” Backside proper: “Weeds (Find out how to Management and Love Them” (2021)
“To Kill a Mockingbird” (2020)
“The Ship” (2020)
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