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Ros RixonCaptured Tales of Love and Lust
Ros RixonCaptured Tales of Love and Lust
“I never set out to be a book artist, it just happened…”
Ros Rixon
Ros RixonSpheres
Ros Rixon only works with the very best materials for her art - the best piquements and vintage papers and all her glass spheres are handblown crystal which are bespoke to her. Each piece is therefore unique and has their own little quirks which Ros feels adds to their character.
Lady Chatterley’s Lover
Hand blown lead crystal Sphere
32 cms
Sphere filled with text taken from 1932 edition of Lady Chatterley’s Lover.
“All hopes of eternity and all gain from the past he would have given to have her there, to be wrapped warm with him in one blanket, and sleep, only sleep. It seemed
the sleep with the woman in his arms was the only necessity.”
£4750
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…to be wrapped warm with him in one blanket…
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Madame Bovary
Hand blown lead crystal Sphere
27 cms
Sphere filled with text taken from a c.1950 edition of Madame Bovary.
“Before she married, she thought she was in love; but the happiness that should have resulted from that love, somehow had not come. It seemed to her that she must have made a mistake, have misunderstood in some way or another. And Emma tried hard to discover what, precisely, it was in life that was denoted by the words ‘joy, passion,
intoxication’, which had always looked so fine to her in books.”
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The Perfumed Garden
Hand blown lead crystal Sphere
14 cms
Sphere filled with text taken from 1963 edition of The Perfumed Garden of Sensual Delight, a 15th Century Islamic sex manual similar to the Hindu Karma Sutra.
“There are women of all sorts; that there are such as are worthy of praise, and such as deserve nothing but contempt. In order that a woman may be relished by men, she
must have a perfect waist, and must be plump and lusty.”
£975
…she must have a perfect waist, and must be plump and lusty…
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Wuthering Heights
Hand blown lead crystal Sphere
24 cms
Sphere filled with text taken from a 1949 edition of Wuthering Heights.
“If he loved you with all the power of his soul for a whole lifetime, he couldn’t love you as much as I do in a single day.”
£2750
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…he couldn’t
love you as
much as I do in
a single day
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Pride and Prejudice
Hand blown lead crystal Sphere
12 cms
Sphere filled with text taken from Pride and Prejudice.
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
£675
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Ros RixonLove Lines
The following works were inspired by How do I love thee? Sonnet 43 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.I love thee to the depth and breadth and heightMy soul can reach, when feeling out of sightFor the ends of being and ideal grace.I love thee to the level of every day’sMost quiet need, by sun and candle-light.I love thee freely, as men strive for right.I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.I love thee with the passion put to useIn my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith.I love thee with a love I seemed to loseWith my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,I shall but love thee better after death.
All text has been printed using archival pigment inks on antique and vintage papers.
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Love Lines I - How do I Love Thee?
Round glass scent bottle
12 cms
Hand blown crystal glass bottle & textLimited Edition of 5
£575
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Love Lines II - How do I Love thee?
Elliptical scent bottle
12 cms
Hand blown crystal glass bottle & textLimited Edition of 5
£575
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Love Lines III - How Do I Love thee?
Teardrop scent bottle
12 cms
Hand blown crystal glass bottle & textLimited Edition of 5
£575
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Love Lines IV - How do I Love thee?
Cranberry vintage glass and Silver scent bottle
12 cms
Vintage glass bottle & textUnique Piece
£675
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Love Lines V - How do I Love thee?
Glass Cube
15 cms3
Limited Edition of 5
£650
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Love Lines VI - How do I Love thee?
Glass Cube
15 cms3
Limited Edition of 5
£650
Ros RixonCaptured Tales of Love and Lust
Ros Rixon began working with text and books at University while trying to
get to grips with the meaning of art. Over a period of time, the books began
to take over her workspace and the words began to take over her walls until
she reached the point where the information around her evolved into the art
itself when she created her first sculptures incorporating text into glass forms.
“In the midst of research I suddenly found the information around me was
evolving into the art. There were times when I wished I could just create
something purely for creativity alone, but the words had taken hold”.
Rixon works with hand-blown lead crystal spheres and bottles which she
has made to order for her pieces, many of which are unique. She then fills
the spheres or bottles with text pain-painstakingly cut from vintage copies of
books and manuscripts. For Captured Tales of Love and Lust, Ros sourced vintage
texts from all over the world, including The Perfumed Garden which took over
six months to track down.
“I never set out to be a book artist it just happened. I see the published
book as a piece of art – remove a book’s binding and you are left with
a beautiful river of words flowing across the room. This is my starting
point, and when I am most happy. My works, like the books I use come
in all shapes and sizes but each is created wanting to provoke and remind
the viewer that text is beautiful.”
Ros Rixon
www.rosrixon.co.uk
Ros Rixon is represented by Heartbreak, London. www.heart-break.co.uk.
E-catalogue published and produced by Heartbreak17 Bulstrode Street, London W1U 2JH
Telephone: +44 (0)20 3219 5710E-mail: [email protected]
For the 2012 e-catalogue ‘Ros Rixon: Captured Tales of Love and Lust’All artworks © Ros Rixon
Illustrations and Text © HeartbreakDesigned by Ingrid Freeman
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