Butterfly works are all commissioned. The material, the paper for the butterflies, comes from the client; it is their matter, their content. Butterflies are made from, children's drawings, love letters, menus, certificates, greetings cards, contents of deceased estates, blessings, photographs, memories.
Left to right, top row: 90 cm x 150 cm, 65 cm x 150 cm, 65 cm x 120 cm. Middle row: 60 cm x 100 cm, 90 cm x 120 cm, 60 cm x 90 cm, 60 cm x 120 cm. Bottom left: 65 cm x 100 cm
Clockwise from top left: 60 cm x 65 cm, 35 cm x 50 cm, 45 cm x 90 cm.
45 cm x 45 cm
45 cm x 45 cm
60 cm x 180 cm
75 cm x 120 cm
Once I have completed a commissioned Butterfly work, I end up with butterflies that weren’t used. I collect them. This series, Last of the Butterflies, are these collected butterflies. They fly off into other spaces, cross pollinating, bringing their stories to join other stories.
Last of the Butterflies (circle): 2019, 110 cm x 110 cm. Reincarnated art (paper), polyester thread, acrylic inks, wood glue, paper
Circular - Last of the Butterflies: 2019, Ø 110 cm. Reincarnated art (paper), polyester thread, acrylic inks, wood glue, paper
2016 commission for The Shortmarket Club [Luke Dale-Roberts protégé Wesley Randles new restaurant in Cape Town].
http://shortmarketclubcommission.blogspot.co.za/
The Butterflies are made by burning pieces of paper into the shape of butterfly-wings. The papers comes from, and belongs to, the restaurant. They are menus, shopping lists, floor plans, holiday pics of the managers, till slips, media, pics of the pets of the staff, etc.
003: 35 cm x 50 cm
011: 55 cm x 80 cm
014: 30 cm x 90 cm
023: 70 cm x 100 cm
024: 70 cm x 100 cm
027: 100 cm x 210 cm
