Artwork > Printmaking - Recipe Monotypes

Plaiting myself into my family contexts: I am one of 3 sisters and one of 3 in my own family with my 2 daughters. The knotted bloody koeksisters refer to female identity. The large bowl, we have yet to be dunked into, appears to be void of syrup!
Recipes for Disaster - Koeksisters
Monotype with chine collé
65.5x50.5cm / 25.7"x19.88"
2018
The pale blue ellipse promises the absence of ghosts. The Dragon Lily binds new and old homes and loves.
Haint Paint
Monotype
65.5x50.5cm / 25.7"x19.88"
2018
A place that only exists in my dreams – where all my homes are fused and blended to become my true place.
Heterotopia
Monotype
65.5x50.5cm / 25.7"x19.88"
2018
Ghost prints overlapped to fuse imagery and meaning: The razor-wire and the infant’s teething beads are in jarring contrast.
Rosary
Monotype with chine collé
50.5x33.5cm / 19.8"x13"
2018
Ghost prints overlapped to fuse imagery and meaning. The razor-wire and the infant’s teething beads are in jarring contrast. Threats of violence are extended in the bloody, knotted cloth, like a shrouded corpse.
Prayerbeads


Monotype with chine collé
50.5x33.5cm / 19.8"x13"
2018
The ellipse is a pan, is an arena. The smaller ellipses are teekoekies, are my daughters. The koekie-cutter is inadequate. The void where my koekie has fallen away invites escape, but also suggests a free fall into the abyss.
Recipes for Disaster - Teekoekies
Monotype with chine collé
65.5x50.5cm / 25.7"x19.88"
2018
The mixing bowl is weighed down with its bloody ingredients. The stain of history pours into the present.
Recipes for Disaster - Alles en Nog Wat
Monotype with chine collé
65.5x50.5cm / 25.7"x19.88"
2018
Title: Recipes for Disaster - Poeding Medium: Monotype with chine collé Size: 65.5 x 50.5 cm Edition size: 1/1 Price: R 6 000 (excl.VAT) The bowl is filled with blood, but more is to come. The appalling names of some tasty desserts speak of cruelty and c
Recipes for Disaster - Poeding
Monotype with chine collé
65.5x50.5cm / 25.7"x19.88"
2018
An offering of a Silene Stenophylla blossom to the infant, represents healing and growth, after even the most severe absence of life-lust.
Guidelines for an Infant - (if awake)


Monotype with chine collé
50.5x33.5cm / 19.8"x13"
2018
The infant gazes backwards into the distance, across a vast landscape. The transparent bowl and the promise of the ellipse/bay are lost on her until she turns towards the future.
Guidelines for an Infant - Window Seat


Monotype with chine collé
50.5x33.5cm / 19.8"x13"
2018