'Listen to me, butterfly...'

Butterfly book, Julie Cockburn, 2004

Went up to the V&A on Tuesday to review the Christopher Dresser show. While I was there I had a scoot round the shop, and saw some wonderful stuff on the Crafts Council's stand. I loved Cathy Miles' wall pieces - wittily captioned wire 'drawings' of birds, embellished with found objects, with a Southport theme.

But it was Julie Cockburn's stuff which really make me catch my breath. This woman HAS to be a Tom Philips fan - she works with books, and maps and postcards. There was an atlas whose pages she had sculpted into three dimensions, and a great piece of postcard assemblage called Man in Red seeks Women in Yellow - very reminiscent of Phillips' The Quest for Irma. (I'm not criticising here - this is the sort of stuff I'd try to produce if I was a working artist!) Her Butterfly Book is just amazing - I wish I had the £900. More examples of her work HERE.

And finally... flicking through a copy of Crafts, I see that Michael Brennand-Wood has a new exhibition (Field of Centres) on tour! Woo-hoo!

Comments

[julie cockburn]

thanks for nice words about my work. I have no idea who Tom Philips is?

I am having a show at jaggedart, 28a Devonshire Street, London W1 - opens 6-8pm on 4th October 2006, if you would like to see more.......runs until 4 November.

best

julie