After I collected a sufficient amount of articles to make something with, I began to think what I could actually do with them. I wanted to do something different than just a detailed painting like I usually do, so I decided to incorporate a sculptural aspect into my work, coming off of the canvas. Ultimately I chose to work with the natural form of a flower, in particular, the white rose. In The Meaning of Flowers - Myth, Language & Lore by Gretchen Scoble and Ann Field, the symbolism of the white rose is "purity and silence… In Asian tradition, white stands for the ultimate absence, death. In Japan, funeral armbands are white".
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Ellen HardyThis blog will outline my ongoing artistic practice throughout my second&third year at university. Archives
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