Artist's Books

The inclusion of words hidden within my collage works began when I was part of a residency based within the landscape of the poet John Clare. He wrote "I found the poems in the fields, I only wrote them down"

I began to hide words within pieces, adding to the visual storytelling for the viewer to find and creating a dialogue within the work. This led to wondering what nature would tell us if she had hidden words or if she could write a book? I began a small series of small books entitled 'Nature's Books' with words thoughts and ideas hidden in the pages and only visible to the viewer should they choose to open the fragile pages. In turn this led my thoughts to the amount of information, ideas, advice, stories, poems, secrets & more in the billions of unopened books that sit on shelves across the world. Sometimes all  we have to do is look.

Below are a selection of works exploring these themes. The concertina Book Sculptures are double sided and can be placed in a variety of positions on a shelf.  The two dimensional pieces are set into collaged momotype prints and can be opened to reveal words and marks that correspond to the surrounding.