The Lost Art of Letter Writing
Counihan Gallery, Brunswick
(solo) 2006
This exhibition explored forms of communication from the past and present through a collection of glass time capsules. These pieces ranged from sentimental handwritten love letters of the past to the impersonal nature of SMS and email of today. The rapidly changing world of abbreviated communication is causing the written word to lose the personal and emotional touches which once characterised the lost art of letter writing.
The central piece of the exhibition was "Illuminated Manuscript", a fused glass and silver leaf chandelier
Detail of "Illuminated Manuscript", a fused glass and silver leaf chandelier
Entry to the exhibition
Moira panel, image of my mum and some of her handwriting
NEHow panel with txt
America panel: a letter to me from my mum translated into txt
Subject headers from emails sent to my brother in London
More abbreviated text!
London panel: subject headings from emails sent to my brother in London
Photograph of my Grandparents on their wedding day, combined with a letter written by my Grandmother
A letter written by my Grandfather to my Grandmother
My beautiful Grandmother, Irene and some of her handwriting
Some of the glass postcards and envelopes in the exhibition
Detail of glass postcard
Detail of glass postcard
Kilnformed glass and silver leaf shards with different types of postmarks