Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Morpeth, Sarah

Title:

[Torquil's book].

Published / Created:

[Elsdon, Northumberland] : [Townfoot Studio], [2008]

Physical Description:

1 cut-paper work ; 21 x 27 cm. (flat)

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
N7433.4.M675 T67 2008 Flat A
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Three-Dimensional Artifacts

Notes:

Three dimensional paper sculpture.

Title supplied by artist.

Imprint information from Artists' book yearbook, 2010-1011.

"These books form part of a series based on a film with which I have been obsessed for years: 'I know where I'm going' (Powell & Pressburger, 1945)"--Artists' book yearbook.

"The inspiration for many of my current pieces comes from a 1945 film called 'I Know Where I'm Going'. My unique books often relate to a particular character in the film and contain the words that character speaks; bits of the script also trickle into other work, snippets of dialogue, forming and reforming, taking on new meanings and telling different stories. I also use half-remembered lines of songs and poems so that text forms an integral part of many of my pieces, shaping their form in the process."--Artist's statement.

Hand cut pages, ink paint and thread.--Artist's website.

Artists' book yearbook, 2010-2011, p. 231

Subject Terms:

I know where I'm going! (Motion picture) | Artists' books -- Great Britain. | Forests and forestry -- Pictorial works. | Crows -- Pictorial works. | Women in natural history.

Form/Genre:

Artists' books. | Cut-paper works. | Paper cutouts. | Toy and movable books.