Folkestone Cope

Folkestone Cope
Inspired by the Radio 4 'Desert Island Discs' premise, in which an interviewee is left alone on an island with only The Bible, The Complete Works of Shakespeare and a luxury of their choice.
Paper, calico, oak gall and calligrapher's ink, found natural materials
2023
Photos Igor Emmerich
Mapping

Mapping
Various texts, maps and leaflets on wire grid, acid-free glue
2021
170x220cm
The Woman Who Rode Away

The Woman Who Rode Away
Book of D H Lawrence Short Stories, Cup, Coffee, mono-filament, box
29x19x8cm
2016
Pour

Pour
Extracts from John Ruskin's diaries, jug
Dimensions variable
2016
Flood

Flood
Stirrup pump, Bible, iron farm weight, acid-free glue
Made for St Mary's Church as part of Art in Romney Marsh 2016
Tend

Tend
Shepherds crook, paper, acid-free glue
Made for St Mary's Church as part of Art in Romney Marsh 2016
Sprout

Sprout
Wood found on Romney Marsh, paper
Made for St Mary's Church as part of Art in Romney Marsh 2016
Fathom

Fathom
Old map reprint of North Norfolk coast, book; 'Munroe's Navigation' (found at Lifeboat society book sale) Cley sand, bell jar,
25x20x15cm
2015
Flotsam Tales

Flotsam Tales
Illustrations cut from the Narnia series, doll's house kit furniture, shingle from Cley beach, paper, in wooden box
20x30x15cm
2015
Neighbourhood Watch

Neighbourhood Watch
Text from Baudrillard's 'Poetics of Space', found wooden bird box, paper, acid-free glue, LED light
25x10x10cm
2015
Spill

Spill
Text from the entire anthropology book; 'Patterns of Culture', and found wooden bug house
20x10x15cm (box), 150cm variable drop
2015
Apothecary’s Tale

Apothecary’s Tale (Caution)
A short story; ‘The Folkestone Leech’, from the Ingoldsby legends, glass jar
15x17x15”
2014
The story features a notorious apothecary on the harbour side in Folkestone, who makes a lethal potion for a woman who wished to kill her husband.
Filings

Filings
Wooden drawers, extracts from classic texts, sequins, glitter, mirror, acid-free glue, on paper
20x30x30cm
2014
Growth

Growth
Extracts from Malthus’ ‘Essay on the Principle of Population’, acrylic, acid-free glue, on card - Dimensions Variable
2014

Mrs Penelope Seaton’s Handkerchief


Mrs Seaton’s Handkerchief
Extracts from the shipping news, Mrs Beeton’s Book of Needlework, poem, tea, cloth handkerchief, acid-fee glue, on paper, 30x30cm, 2014