Memento mori

I am up in the studio working on my trees. Works on paper (up cycled shredded paper, quilted, liquid graphite lines) for the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, 2016 Works on Paper competition. All very joyful and (potentially) mesmerising, with fine, fine hand work absorbing liquid graphite in tiny channels created by the sewn marks.

A minor miracle given it was accompanied, throughout and without relent by various urgent Bealster activities such as beating the shit out of the upstairs rug, moving the saw bench out of the rain (and into the studio space) and, finally, a passionate monologue about changed arrangements for storage of camp ovens and dry wood.

Memento mori (detail)
Liquid graphite and stitching on recycled paper
2016