This is a collage inspired by our visit to Lincoln and the great wooden entrance doors of the cathedral. I've taken the simple form of the carved wooden door panelling and presented it in two different layers: the first layer is the larger sized paneling which I have painted using a stencil to create a consistent outline; the inner flowers are taken from cuttings of the city map, of which we had managed to gather more than one, and the flowers are each created from three layers, from the same map area. The flowers are folded and layered in half and stuck onto each other, attempting to create a 3d layered image. The map flowers were inspired by the artist Tracey Bush who creates her images of butterflies from layers of various papers from old books, maps etc. Underneath all of this is a copy of the Magna Carta, which one of the original versions is exhibited at Lincoln Castle. The Magna Carta is printed onto tissue which creates a more delicate and tactile paper surface.
