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).
