10 Oct Argosy Books
A while ago I was lucky enough to be introduced by a friend to Laura, who runs the map gallery at Argosy Books in New York. Laura was over in London for a week or so and came to visit me in my studio. It was...
06 Oct Wait I’m Coming
Wait I'm Coming - A Peregrine Falcon hand cut from a Land Classification and Density of Standing Timer Wyoming Cloud Peak Quadrangle. I love love birds of prey, they are so majestic and powerful. Their feathers and colouring really lend themselves to my work. Wait I'm Coming is...
03 Oct The View From Here
The View From Here - a White Tailed Kite hand cut from a Timber Density Map of Wyoming and South Dakota quadrangle. I love the map that this piece is cut from, I discovered them when I was researching maps of Wyoming and they have become some...
28 Sep Seeking The Dark
Seeking The Dark is a flock of Western Meadow Larks cut from a topographical map of Wyoming. I love the colours on the map, so unusual and really give an interesting texture to the birds. Seeking The Dark is part of my exhibition A Conference of Birds...
26 Sep A Conference of Bird – install shots
Hi there, I've been a bit quiet as I was away on holiday and then got consumed by working on a proposal (why do the always take twice as long as you think they're going to). But I'm back now and excited to share some photos...
07 Sep A Conference of Birds
So this is it. A Conference of Birds opens this week, Friday to be exact (click here for details). [caption id="attachment_5363" align="alignnone" width="750"] Detail from Seeking The Dark © Claire Brewster 2016[/caption] The work has all arrived safe and sound which I can tell you was a massive...
05 Sep Maelstrom
Maelstrom, hand cut UNESCO Geological Map of North America, pins. I love this piece so much. The map is amazing to start with and then I'm really happy with how it worked out. [caption id="attachment_5361" align="alignnone" width="750"] Maelstrom © Claire Brewster 2016[/caption] It is 84 cm wide by...
01 Sep In The Pink
In The Pink is another in my series of layered works. This piece is 2 maps layered up. The birds are Great Horned Owls cut from a geological map of Yellowstone Park and are pinned on top of a topographical map cut into trees. [caption id="attachment_5350"...
30 Aug Carving New Worlds
The amazing Fern from Great Scott Films made a short film about me....
24 Aug Hiding in Plain Sight
Hiding in Plain Sight is part of my series of layered works. This piece is 3 maps layered up. The birds and tree are cut from separate maps. I then pinned the tree using really short pins and the birds with my normal pins. It...