These boxes are one-off individual pieces.

They are constructed using hand printed and found papers on almost all surfaces both inside and outside, even on the back.

The boxes are glass fronted and have a 'D' ring fixing on the back for wall mounting.

 

left Moths Collection detail

These glass fronted boxes are typically forests crowded with birds, often owls or woodpeckers. Other boxes are full of moths but rather than being displayed in rows like a Victorian collection, the box is crammed with moths as if they are alive and trying to escape.

There are also more reflective boxes such as Nightingale, which depicts a large expanse of dark blue night sky, at the base of the box stands a solitary house and high above on a branch, a single nightingale sings.

The work for me seems to be about recreating a distant memory and I try to catch that mood or atmosphere. My work is also concerned with exploring the relationship between humans and nature, our impact on the landscape, how we alter it, control it, categorise and label it and even destroy it.

I now show my boxes with the Rebecca Hossack Gallery.
See my work at their 28 Charlotte Street Gallery London (020 7255 2828) or visit their website www.r-h-g.co.uk

The Old Forest

47 x 33 x10cm

Over Dover

28 x 21 x 7 cm

Spotted Woodpeckers

33 x 19 x 8cm

Nightingale

23 x 16 x 6.5cm

Moths Collection

26 x 19x 7cm

Little Birds

47 x 33x 10cm

Over Lock Lomond

58 x 18 x 7 cm

High Trail

58 x 18 x 7 cm

The End of Winter
20 x 27 x 7 cm