Seven Suns & Seven Moons
The discovery of sun spots during the first few days of December informed my response to the Mayes Creative virtual residency ‘Watching the Sun’. This piece was inspired by the eleven year solar cycle and Carrington’s drawings documenting the mass solar storm of 1859. Both John Somers’ stunning moon eclipse almanacs and Caroline Herschel’s beautiful folded diagram observations led me to create this series of prints charting the changes of the sun and moon observed over seven days. These large scale woodblock prints were carved and printed over seven days, a gradual layering of depth and detail depicting the development of solar flares on the suns surface as the full moon gently waned. The piece evolved to form seven folded pamphlets creating a kind of archive to our days spent collectively and virtually watching the sun.
Seven folded mokuhanga prints on mulberry paper, housed in a red silk covered clamshell box lined with red and gold linen. 30 x 18 x 4 cm, edition of 1, 2020.
Seven suns & seven moons was presented at Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair in London in 2021.