Pencil on paper, oyster shell. Dimensions variable.
Each drawing is carefully hand-cut and fixed onto the shell. Each oyster shell is transformed into a miniature island for the characters and narratives to unfold. The drawings are based on found images of sea-shore scenes and loosely based on the stories and histories of real islands. This work is also inspired by the book ‘Atlas of Remote Islands’ by Judith Schalansky.
Shell-ters (Couple), pencil on paper on oyster shell, 2015
Shell-ters (Children), pencil on paper on oyster shell, 2015
Shell-ters (Earhart Light), pencil on paper on oyster shell, 2015
Shell-ters (Ruins), pencil on paper on oyster shell, 2015
Shell-ters (The Last House), pencil on paper on oyster shell, 2015
Shell-ters (St Kilda), pencil on paper on oyster shell, 2015
Shell-ters, Installation view at South Square Centre, 2015