‘Pedestal’ by Eve Lloyd Knight is the kind of large, screen printed book that needs to be handled. I think it’s probably not only the size but the textures she’s created in the printing itself that makes it look so tactile. The mixture of very handheld materials used in the drawings and the flat, layered nature of printing gives the images a really unique feel, coupled with the very graphic shapes and blocks of colour. She describes the concept for the book and the accompanying limited edition prints.
“Is it possible ever to achieve perfection? This screen-printed book and limited edition prints set out to explore the complex dynamic between our own unattainable aspirations and the emotional demands we place on others in trying to get there. The gradual realisation that those extreme goals could never exist is replaced by a growing understanding for both an internal and a shared balance. “
“I set out to communicate ideas, emotion and relationships that are complex and challenging to visualise. By symbolising the tenuous balance between people and their environment I want to externalise what is usually invisable and internal. This tension between two forms continues throughout my working method; what starts as an abstract and ephemeral idea will be re-drawn and refines until both the conceptual and the visual play an equal part.”
“Print allows me to simplify and edit this process further in order to concentrate on the fundamental decisions of light and shadow, the transparency/depth of colour and the impact of monumental scale against minute yet significant detail.”
“I want to say as much as I can using as little as possible.”
“The symbolic representation of my five stage working process from initial idea to final resolution.”
© Eve Lloyd Knight, 2011.
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