Brittish born, Scottish resident, Celia Richards works with old books, paper piano rolls and sheet music as her paper rich medium. She cuts out the hand-written notes from sheet music and the pages from books. Deconstruction of paper works she calls “Altered Objects”.
The removal of the notes from The Planets (for Two Pianos) by Gustav Holst is poetic and beautiful. I think the deconstruction is similar to modern music sampling, removing key elements from a particular piece to create something new, in this case a work of art from sheet music. Celia says:
I’m just kicking around Edinburgh making art and looking for work.
Sounds nice to me! I don’t find much more information about Celia on her website or at her Flickr account, but she wins the Rag & Bone trifecta for her awesome portfolio: book art, paper art & origami - all the things we love!
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Hello. I read your blog everyday and when I saw my own work up I got chills! Thank you so much for featuring me. My website is in dire need of an update which I will endeavor to do so asap. P.S. I’m not actually Scottish, but English based in Scotland. British if you will.
Comment by Celia — April 26, 2008 @ 8:29 pm
Hey Celia! Glad you’re happy about the post. Love your work. Please keep us posted on openings and new work. Love the deconstructed sheet music - lovely.
Cheers,
Jason
Comment by Jason Thompson — April 26, 2008 @ 8:48 pm