Leslie Pearson is a sculptural fibre artist who creates three dimensional forms and artist books. her Artist Book, Bottled Up Emotions looks to explore the intricate layers of emotion bottled and stacked within a container, concealing possibly creating a sense of the unknown or private. documenting a time, a feeling or a memory. Pearsons uses thread to stitch each page of the concertina together, developing a tactile hand made connection between the emotion. the use of paper creates a sensitive delicate forms that has fragmented edges and looks to be burnt or aged.
I enjoy how this artist has created an unconventional book, creating a content with sensitive meaning that is hidden from viewer unless it gets unbottled. This also acts as a way to protect the delicate layers of paper.
Pearsons work informed how I approached the fragile paper, and how to manipulate and work with , although my book is more of a conventional form, creating the stitch between the pages allows for the form to have a personal representation to me experience of loneliness. I wanted to create something with some rigidity and ordinary so the viewer could explore their way through the book, without being informed to do so. i also wanted to have a very obvious narrative. i wanted the viewer to be aware of the connection to covid 19.
Lara Hoad Artist Designer: Maker 