PERPETUAL LANDSCAPE by David Faithfull

Mixed media, concertina artist’s book, de-bossed cedar wood cover, 32 pp, screen-printed, graphite, collage and de-bossed paper pages with powdered mineral rock, felt cover.

17 x 192 cm (concertina open), 17 x 13 cm (closed)

Images on reverse of Artists’ Book created in response to Dutch artist Sigrid Calon’s prints.

 

SCOTTISH LANDSCAPE AWARDS 23/24

City Arts Centre Edinburgh, 4 November 2023 – 3 March 2024

https://www.scottishartstrust.org/landscape-talks

 

‘Perpetual Landscape’ incorporates debossed, carved cedar wood contour covers, with screen-printed debossed pages incorporating powdered Feldspar, Anorthosite, Moonrock, graphite and seaweed medium.

 

Faithfull’s Landscape interventions involve a broad range of experimental processes and forms through Drawing, Printmaking, Artist’s Books, Multiples and Murals, to installation and site-specific pieces. Often integrating the minerals and elements from the location, much of his work involves interpreting remote landscapes through text, carving and print. Current investigations include drawing with oak-gall ink, printing squid ink and seaweed medium directly on tidal beaches (Barcelona, Santander, Sognefjord, Mull and Portobello) and alchemical investigations with powdered Anorthosite moon rock and Basalt.

 

David Faithfull first created ‘Perpetual Landscape’ for Magical Octopus Sequel, exhibited at Knockvologan on Mull in 2021 and later at the Scottish Landscape awards in Edinburgh 2023/24.

 

David Faithfull collaborated with Dutch artist in creating ‘Perpetual Landscape’.

For the Magical Octopus Sequel exhibition, Knockvologan matched artists, poets or composers with a strong connection to the Scottish west coast. Filip Andel, Andy Crabb, Derek Crook, Seth Crook, Elaine Dempsey, Rufus Isabel Elliot, David Faithfull, Fiona Glen, Katie Harris-MacLeod, Monica Haddock, Mhairi Killin, Naoko Mabon, Sue Murdoch, Julia Parks, Giles Perring, Christina Riley, Brodie Sim, Jan Sutch Pickard and Brian Thomas all took up the challenge to ‘translate' eight original pages from Magical Octopus 1 into a new work.

 

Vernissage Sunday 21st November - 14:00 with performances by Filip Andel and Seth Crook between 21-28 November. Knockvologan Barn, Fionnphort, Isle of Mull.

 

The original Magical Octopus 1 book was awarded Dutch Book design of the year award in 2020.

For more info: www.knockvologan.net and @magicaloctopus