July/August 2008 issue of Crafts magazine (c) The Crafts Council
The latest issue of Crafts magazine has a lovely piece of Su Blackwell artwork (Wild Flowers, 2007) on the cover. I first saw her work in the V&A Museum Shop. It's gorgeous stuff - delicate "book-cut sculptures" of mindboggling intricacy. She takes a scalpel to a secondhand book and creates other worlds within its pages.
Alice - A Mad Tea Party (c) Su Blackwell, 2006
As with Rob Ryan's papercuts, you have to wonder - what happens if you sneeze while you're cutting a tricky bit? There's a great interview with Su, with lots of great images of her work, on the My Love For You blog. She has an exhibition at Long and Ryle in London from November 26th - December 20th, 2008.
YouTube has a video of the making of a Beringer wine commercial featuring Su and her work (below and here), as well as one of the finished article.
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