Our Hearts of Stone

This work was made for our Critical Edge Collective show, ‘and you would have to believe it’ at Copeland Gallery, 28-30 June 2024.

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Our Hearts of Stone. 12 20 x20 in drawings using various papers and mediums. Paper Mache sculpture. Wall text.

12 drawings making up the panel:

Cartridge paper. Karmen ink. Charcoal. 20 x 20 in. \burning with red tissue paper behind in all drawings
Two layers. Bottom layer from Margaret Pattern cookery book. Carmen ink. Knife blade and form – pencil. Handles Black felt tip pen (ecocline) (20 x 20 in)
Recipe in the background. Foreground tracing paper. Drawing: strap – pencil with soft pastel on top of clear gesso. Mask: black eco felt tip pen with pastels on top of clear gesso.
Collaged background layer on cartridge paper. Layer of thinned acrylic paint. Drawing on top of collage.