Building Blocks

BUILDING BLOCKS is the second of two pieces of work that resulted from a two-month residency in the small town of Sand on the west coast of Norway in 2007. Flowers that were given to us as gifts on our arrival, trees, traditional Norwegian flower painting and knitting patterns inspired both pieces. Completed in Scotland this floor piece comprises hundreds of cubes of birch brought back from Norway. As with GIFT / GAVE there is a dual quality, with subtle marks and drawings visible in daylight and a glowing pattern of crosses revealed in the dark under blacklight.