Su Blackwell is an artist out of London who's main media is paper and textiles. Her paper art is also used with her book art. She often transforms or illustrates the contents of the book in her work. She gets a lot of inspiration from fairy tales and often uses them as subject matter in her art.In reading about her I found that she reads the books before transforming them, and in so doing uses the books to inspire her work. Being a book lover i find this to be an interesting concept. Somethings interesting i find about her work is the look of it. It all looks so delicate but it's also very sturdy and strong looking, like if i touched it it wouldn't bend or crinkle. She also varies from very very small works to larger than life size which I like because I think it would be too easy to stay in one size.
This is the work that I found when first discovering her. I like the ghost-like quality that the piece portray, but still a very light and whimsical feel to it. I also like the fact that their are butterflies on the ground, it makes the piece unique and gives the work a nice balance.
I'm not sure which work this one comes from, but i had to show the amazing close up of the detail that she puts into her book works.
Source:
=Su Blackwell. Web. www.sublackwell.co.uk/profile.13 Jan 2014
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