Recollections II- past lives

My Artwork

This body of work was inspired by old family photographs and a collection of old letters I found in an antique shop. My aim was to create a narrative of the lives of the people in these letters using my own family as inspiration.

Other galleries: Recollections III- Objects of Remembrance | Garments | Recollections I - childhood | Archive

Grandmother reading	"Pa was mending boots all day"	" You can bring your money and buy a coat"	"Our Dorothy is going worse naughty"
"We hardly have any plates left the way she keeps smashing them"	"We are having a party"	" I have got me a hug me tight"	" I would rather have a spoon"
"I hope you dress is equal to the occasion"		"The washing gets me down"	Fabric collage of my grandmother sewing
"she is delighted with the picture of herself with the nice frock on"

Recollections II- past lives

Grandmother reading

"Pa was mending boots all day"

" You can bring your money and buy a coat"

"Our Dorothy is going worse naughty"

"We hardly have any plates left the way she keeps smashing them"

"We are having a party"

" I have got me a hug me tight"

" I would rather have a spoon"

"I hope you dress is equal to the occasion"

"The washing gets me down"

Fabric collage of my grandmother sewing

"she is delighted with the picture of herself with the nice frock on"