Bush, Tracey, British Butterflies , 2005
- Title(s):
- British Butterflies : complete collection.
- Published/Created:
- [Great Britain], 2005.
- Physical Description:
- 62 cut-paper butterflies ; in glass-fronted box 50 x 61 x 6 cm
- Holdings:
- Unable to reach service. Holdings currently not available
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/14566394
- Classification:
- Three-Dimensional Artifacts
- Notes:
- With a hand-written label on the reverse "'British Butterflies' Complete Collection. [artist's signature] 2005." Next to the label is a relief illustration of a pinned butterfly specimen, in brown ink.
Collection of 62 cut-paper butterflies, pinned out in a glass-top wooden entomological box.
"My entomological collections contain collections of butterflies and moths, hand-cut from paper ephemera and held together with bookbinder's pamphlet stitch. There is usually a quirky link between the paper material used for the butterfly and its common name. Hence the High Brown Fritillary is cut from the dun [grayish-brown] contours of a map of the Cheviot Hills [that straddle the border between Northumberland and the Scottish Borders]. The names are hand-written in brown ink on tiny scientific labels. Butterflies are amongst the first indicators of environmental change, [and] I want these collections to highlight their frailty and diversity, as an alternative to a collection of actual specimens."--Artist's statement. - Subject Terms:
- Artists' books -- Great Britain.Butterflies in art.Maps in art.Paper work -- Great Britain -- Specimens.Women in natural history.
- Form/Genre:
- Artists' books -- Great Britain.
Cut-paper works.
Maps. - Export:
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