About Millefiori
As we got into 2017 proper, I was working on a substantial set of new drawings for my Current at Catto show, slated to open in October that year. Millefiori was one of the key pieces for the show, and as such I thought it would be interesting to create a smaller multi part crop version for the Print Club, to see if the work could be re imagined into something quite different, but equally intriguing.
The Millefiori study comprises around 50 glazed pebbles, held in 3 rings around a central core, and is usually editioned at 120cm diameter on plexiglass. For the Print Club edition, I simply cropped nine of my favourite components, and produced them as small square prints of intense colour, with wide white margins.
This version really allows you to focus in on, and enjoy, each of the nine components, which debatably get a little lost in the larger whole.
The image posted here shows all nine prints, beautifully framed by Darbyshire Framing, and installed in a collector’s house. Lovely to have a chance to photograph a Print Club edition framed and in situ, hanging in a fabulous London home.
Millefiori, in the studio
Print Club blog, May 24th, 2017
“...To celebrate the arrival of the new 10 colour digital printer, and indeed the arrival of summer too, I'm going to send out a double Print Club mailing, editions 4 and 5, at the same time. I hope you like them! In truth I feel a little behind the curve here, so I hope this double edition will go some way towards catching up…
…Edition #4 is a set of nine partial component prints. Each one cropped from a recent larger study - Millefiori / DMG. Comprised of 38 separate components, the image in part explores the Kepler conjecture, a geometrical problem exploring the packing of spheres into a given space, in this case the upper quarter of a larger globe, but packed at a higher density than would be the case with regular spheres, as each component has been sculpted to increase the density of the linework within the space. I hope the whole is redolent of Venetian Millefiori pieces that so often have the most amazing colour and vivacity, as well as some of the appeal of a set of polished, rounded pebbles. In each case the individual studies are deliberately looser than previous work, each component contributing to the larger whole, as well as being stand alone studies in their own right...”
Text from the Print Club blog, May 24th, 2017
About the Print Club
If you’d like to receive three or four exclusive new editions in the post each year, alongside personal news and views from the studio, and invitations to shows and fairs, please do consider becoming a member of my Experimental Print Club. You can join or leave the club at any time, with absolutely no obligation to stay any longer than you want to.
New works are sent out somewhat sporadically throughout the year, often in line with the changing seasons. Each piece is unique, exclusive, and only available on the day it’s editioned, the size of the edition being determined by the number of members on the day.
I hope the club presents a more personal and intriguing way to connect with the studio, by creating a platform for collecting engaging new works for your home. The club is hosted online here, and I send out fairly regular blog posts and emails about the work too. I’d like to think that it’s an interesting proposition!
Membership is currently priced at £36 per month inc. UK delivery, or £42 for an international address.
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