VIRGINIA WOOLF

"... that behind the cotton wool is hidden a pattern; that we - I mean all human beings - are connected with this; that the whole world is a work of art; that we are parts of the work of art. HAMLET OR A BEETHOVEN QUARTET IS THE TRUTH ABOUT THIS VAST MASS THAT WE CALL THE WORLD. BUT THERE IS NO SHAKESPEARE, THERE IS NO BEETHOVEN; CERTAINLY AND EMPHATICALLY THERE IS NO GOD; WE ARE THE WORDS; WE ARE THE MUSIC; WE ARE THE THING ITSELF. (From a "Sketch of the Past").

Friday, March 20, 2009

A WOOLFIAN'S WOOLF

This is a handmade paper sculpture by Lora Pennington. c. 1980

She would first create likenesses to Virginia Woolf using modeling clay, from which she would make a mould - a rubbery matrix that enabled her to recreate the features in reverse. The mould was then lined with damp pulp, and left to dry to produce a replica of the original model.