Graham’s fascination with folk art masks, and his personal collection of them, gradually came to have more and more resonance during the COVID-19 pandemic, as masks became a profound symbol of the time.
He started work on a series of small rug-hooked pieces featuring marks on a stark black background. initially reproducing masks as they were, then moving onto what he calls ‘Mash-Up’ Masks. The starting point for these is a collage of different masks found mainly through Instagram. mixing up of different masks from many different cultures and countries gives them an enigmatic power. Graham then uses the collage departure point for the hooked version.
Most of these masks are available for sale please contact Graham for details
Collage Mask 1, 47cm x 47 cm framed, reused wool fabrics
Hockey Mask , 47cm x 47 cm framed, reused wool fabrics
Collage Mask 1, 47cm x 47 cm framed, reused wool fabrics
Collage Mask 2, 47cm x 47 cm framed, reused wool fabrics
Vanuatu mask, based on an over-modeled skull seen in the Musée de l’homme, Paris, 47cm x 47 cm framed, reused wool fabrics
Textile Collage Mask 1, 47cm x 47 cm framed, reused wool fabrics
Textile Collage Mask 2, 47cm x 47 cm framed, reused wool fabrics
Picasso’s tablecloth Mask , 47cm x 47 cm framed, reused wool fabrics
Hockey Mask 2, 47cm x 47 cm framed, reused wool fabrics
Textile Collage Mask 3, 47cm x 47 cm framed, reused wool fabrics.
‘Sophie’s Appropriation’ H 205cm W 85cm, Originally made as a door curtain, inspired by artist Sophie Taeuber-Arp’s 1925 costume which in turn was inspired by a Pueblo Katsina doll brought from New Mexico by Carl Gustave Jong. Used woollen clothing on a hessian background