#paper ephemera

Cannot stop makes little things! These wee books have flower illustrations on their covers, floral embroidery on their spines and a tiny seed packet pocket inside.

Here are some of the little collages that went into my most recent series of artists books. Each book has four pop up sheds on a theme…Shops in Sheds, Boat Sheds, Tin Roof Sheds and so on. I really did strain my eyes for these as each of the sheds is only about 5 cm wide. They are now available at The Tin Shed Gallery in Mull.

I have just finished a series of books with moving collages of sheds. I have been straining my eyesight to make tiny shovels, mini wheelbarrows and wee wellies. These will be part of the exhibition Shed, held at The Tin Shed Gallery in Mull alongside paintings by Helen Moore and ceramics by Charlotte Mellis.

Over the last few weeks I’ve been working on a series of mini collages that I will turn into a set of pop up artists’ books, all about sheds. Stay tuned to see how they progress.

I love picking up old books in the charity shop and breathing new life into them. This series of books all have vintage illustrations of birds on the covers, pockets inside with mini books and little bits of paper ephemera scattered throughout.

girl drawing on album spread not mine- it's from a 2022 newsletter I kept from oceaninspace's monthly art club and I just colored it in!

Digitized with help from my best friend!