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 Image: Rachel Saunders photography Look up, and you'll find a different city. Whatever inner city you inhabit or visit, take some time to look up, and odds are you'll find spires, towers, tiles, facades, clocks, statuary and more, which breath above the plastic shop fronts. Look behind, and you'll find a different city. Alleyways and gardens, unexpected havens, graveyards and green spaces, statues and squares. Nottingham isn't a big city but is has a more than its fair share of surprises and survivors, and they can be easy to overlook, or become over familiar with and miss their real significance historically or architecturally. An old city which strained at it's boundaries before given leave to expand, cruelly treated by developers over many ages, the historic parts of Nottingham are all the more delightful for still standing where others have fallen.
The lesser known of Nottingham, or a different perspective on them, formed the basis for some of my artwork. I went a step further though, using Nottingham lace to pattern the silhouettes, brass rubbings from Nottingham Castle Museum to create backgrounds, material printed with Nottingham lace to paint as cloudy skies. The history of Nottingham's lace trade is wound through the art, just as it helped to fund and build the civic pride and architecture of the city itself.
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Earlier this year I took part in Surface Gallery's annual International Postcard Show, and my work was shown alongside over 300 other miniature masterpieces! Two of the pieces I created are now available to buy, and are gorgeous postcard sizes pieces of art, perfect to fit into any arty home. Their glowing stars and delicate patterns also make them ideal wedding presents - "It was in the stars" or "fated to be together". I'm happy to ship worldwide, and can also wrap and send these as gifts direct to your lucky recipient.
I've just posted off my three submissions to Nottingham for Surface Gallery's annual International Postcard Show! I have two artsy entries, using my hand shaped Nottingham lace patterned stars, and watercolour tinted brass rubbings, and one silly entry. You can probably tell which is which in the picture above...
The Exhibition is on 16th January - 14th February 2015, and has hundreds of postcard sized pieces of art from around the world - almost all for sale at a flat rate of only £15 a piece. It's a great way to see a wide range of styles and medias, and pick up some affordable home decor or gifts. |
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