ZOE BOSWELL

(b. 1996 Manchester, England)

Zoe Boswell’s practice directly disrupts the reality a photographic postcard presents, and creates a new image. Not by the use of pen or paintbrush, but by piercing through the material with needle and thread. The photographs and postcards most employed by the artist are vintage finds, repurposing the memories already created to produce something new. The works utilise the traditional practice of hand embroidery, whilst subverting the archaic stereotypes this brings through using untraditional methodology. Altering the materiality of the items creates interesting challenges and a unique experience, for the artist and the viewer.

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