Friday 1 April 2011

Hastings Old Town, 2011

© Copyright Jo Hinchliffe, 2011

A day trip to Hastings nosing around the antique and bric-a-brac shops of the old town, re-focussed my thoughts to the meaning of 'things' and the memories they provoke whether for the owner or the on-looker.

Memories for me; as I assume for most, are my way of making sense of this world - who am I? where do I belong? who did this belong to? what did it mean to them? I guess the trip away provided the thinking space I needed to confirm my feelings and sense of importance I put on objects. Although I would by no means call myself a collector or worse still hoarder of 'things'; I have an unusually strong, I think, sense of attachment to certain 'things'.

Dreaming of Home (2) 2010

© Copyright Jo Hinchliffe, 2010

The second of the collagraph prints inspired by Sibyl Ruth's poem, "Glimmers", translated from those written by her Great Aunt Rose, whilst in the Theresienstadt Ghetto. Dreaming of Home (1) and (2) were exhibited during Thame Art and Literature Festival in June 2010.