'recollections of a tea party in wonderland'

just a few tiles from my exhibition work for the clay collective show entitled 'exoteric'

'the knaves knees in blue'

'recollections of a tea party in wonderland' is a body of work that
has sprung from my memories of the well known story 'alice in
wonderland' , for children there are always favorite parts of a story
that are read over and over add infinitum until you can tell the tale
with your own embellishes. my memories are tainted by the black and
white illustrations in our copy of the book that we so freely treated
to some colourful pencil work of which i still have the evidence today.

the deep sided tiles are an exploration in texture and layering,
creating pieces that appear old and worn and yet solid, akin to my
memories the illustrated tiles represent macro sections of the black
and white illustrations with the humour and oddness formed in my
imagination of that weird and wonderful tale 'alice in wonderland'.

There are 12 tiles in all.

the knaves knees, the knaves knees in blue, queenie off with your head and mad hatter curioser and curioser.

if you wish to see the whole collection search for Exoteric on facebook..

the whole show is online for viewing also at the greenhill galleries site in adelaide.

The Clay Collective opening is on Sunday, April 26, 2009 at 11:30am Greenhill Galleries 140 Barton Tce West North Adelaide SA

'the knaves knees'

dedicated to uncle peter..

'queenie- off with your head'

'mad hatter- curioser and curioser'