I’m delighted to be part of the Anne Bronte p.200 project. The
aim of the project is to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Anne’s
birth and each artist has received a page from a vintage version of her most
famous novel ‘The tenant of Wildfell Hall’. The artists can respond in any way
they want but have to use the page and celebrate Anne’s life and/or her work in
an artwork no bigger than the size of the original page. I’m a great fan of
Anne and her work and she featured in my PhD research as she was a confirmed
opponent of the separate spheres ethos that relegated women to the home and
idealised marriage despite the abuse that could lead to. I also admire her
personally as she was the only Bronte who actually left home and supported herself
throughout her short life. The works will be exhibited in Scarborough in January
and February next year and there will be an illustrated book to accompany the
exhibition. As you can see I’m just playing with ideas at the moment but the
final piece will definitely include lace and pins.
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