Platform: 2015 was a new festival initiative dedicated to providing greater opportunities for artists at the beginning of their careers to participate in the festival programme. Four artists from across Scotland were selected from an open call by Christine Borland and Craig Coulthard (both artists previously commissioned by the festival) working with Edinburgh Art Festival Director, Sorcha Carey.
“…Ross Hamilton Frew takes a more literal and physical approach by pulping works of literature he has gathered. From this raw material, he creates handmade recycled paper. Using the original works as reference, but with enough remove for the sources to become completely anonymised, he in turn creates haikus that pay homage to the pulped texts. On the paper itself, following a strict set of rules, naturally occurring speckles are joined and networked to create delicate drawings from this process.”
photos by Steve Fuller
“…Ross Hamilton Frew takes a more literal and physical approach by pulping works of literature he has gathered. From this raw material, he creates handmade recycled paper. Using the original works as reference, but with enough remove for the sources to become completely anonymised, he in turn creates haikus that pay homage to the pulped texts. On the paper itself, following a strict set of rules, naturally occurring speckles are joined and networked to create delicate drawings from this process.”
photos by Steve Fuller
