A handmade, seasonal paper wreath. Made using paste paper, the historical technique of decorating paper with pigment and starch.
Featuring autumnal elements and depicting copper beech leaves, beech nuts, fading grasses and firework shapes against a lilac sky. This continues my interest in celestial circular shapes to represent our experience of nature and the cosmos.
The wreath is hung via a detachable pale satin gossamer ribbon that can be adjusted, and the opening for the ribbon has been reinforced at the back with paper. All paper elements have been attached with archival glue used in bookbinding which doesn't yellow with age.
Approx ribbon length: 17 cms when tied in a bow. Approx wreath diameter: 45 to 48 cms.
Please note that the artwork is supposed to have shapes that splay outwards and are not fully stuck down.
The wreath will be posted in a secure cardboard box.
