A set of five carved matchsticks in - various states of combustion...
About her Matchstick series, artist Liz McAuliffe writes:
"With the massive upscaling of the ubiquitous matchstick I invite the viewer to re-evaluate their relationship to these objects which are used daily by millions of people. I toy with the venerated practice of including a matchbox in photographs to give the viewer a safe and recognisable base-point for scale within an image. With no other object to compare with, this work undermines that safety."
Size: approx 27cm individually. Although this size is described as 'teeny', they're huge in comparison to real matches! This is the
Materials : Acrylics on carved wood
Hanging : Ready to hang, on flat head nails (nails provided)
