SKU: BODS-102896

Cyanotype on paper - a creative response to objects and marks found in books at the Bodleian Library.

A cyanotype of a pair of steel-rimmed glasses, seemingly used as a bookmark and then lost, from Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun, Cy est le Roma[n] de la roze (Paris, 1529), Lawn d.49, sig. P3v.

Book Marks - A capsule collection celebrating examples of accidental marks in Bodleian books. Some of these marks have been reinterpreted by artist Alice Fox, who has taken these marks as a catalyst for new works exploring mark-making and the materiality of books.

  • Size 55 x 210mm
  • Paper bookmark
  • Created by Alice Fox
  • Printed in Oxfordshire UK
  • Made exclusively for Bodleian Libraries

Alice Fox is a Yorkshire based artist whose work explores found objects, gathered materials and natural processes. She brings together different materials to form tactile surfaces and structures. Following a first career in nature conservation, Alice studied Contemporary Surface Design and Textiles at Bradford School of Art (2011), followed by an MA in Creative Practice at Leeds Arts University (2019).

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