Sing To Me is a celebration of the joy of music through prints and sculptures.

Sing To Me is what I ask of my woodblocks as they run through the press, the final stage of a long journey beginning with an idea followed by a drawing which is then transferred to a woodblock before carving and inking and finally, the magical, hopefully, process of running the block through the press.  

 

A note on the paper sculptures, The Singing Trees.

Using offcuts of recycled, museum grade mount board I make sheets of paper  wrapping them around fallen branches from our garden and local parks. The multiple layers of handmade paper (just water & pulp) create a thick, sturdy structure which is sealed with a moisture protecting, matte finish. During this process the branches are removed leaving the paper shell. 

Spray paint was used for the coloured sculptures and the white sculptures are the natural raw material of the handmade paper.

The Singing Trees have been on a journey of cyclical metamorphosis beginning their life as living trees, transformed into mount board, recycled into handmade sheets of paper sculpted into trees. They have come full circle and sing once more.