See Oh Too
Woven stair
There is something completely satisfying about cutting up a book. A source of knowledge that should be cherished, the idea of book mutilation goes against everything learned in relation to book etiquette.
As children we learn: Never leave a book on the floor to be trodden on, never put a glass or cup on a book, no books while eating, turn the pages from the corner…
Never cut a picture from a book.
So many rules in regards to a book, yet so much disregard for one of the planets greatest natural assets - water.
As global over production of CO2 acidifies our oceans what are we doing?
The artwork, Sea Oh too, reflects on this, and how, we as individuals, communities, councils, states, countries, continents and planet are addressing the problem (or not).
Symbolically charged, books and fish represent intellectual and physical nourishment, faith and knowledge. And in particular, the health of fish is a reflection of the health of the water in which they live.
See Oh Too was woven over three days.