And Other Stories
A panel of screen printed wallpaper made interlocking carved images of fairytales made throughout my time at Ocadu.
Barbe Bleu
Dark indigo lino cut prints depicting a key, candle and rose along side french text that reads "Peut-on aimer une Bête sous toutes ses formes?" (translation: can we love a beast in all its forms?) in a lighter indigo colour.
Bite Them Young
A black lino cut depicting a snarling wolf in side profile with maroon text above reading "Oh my, What sharp teeth you have?!" and maroon text below reading "All the better to bite you with."
Ella
A lavender lino print dove on white paper with light blue text that reads "Will I always be defined by my grief? Who am I If not?"
Faithful Heinrich
A red heart wrapped in iron bars centred on the page is surrounded by two layers of text; the first is a traditional translation of the fairytale "the frog prince" printed in a light grey, the second is a dark grey black letter of original writings.
Little Match Girl
An 8x10 screen print showing a burnt match along side text that reads "I'd burn my last match for you." Underneath that is the image of a lit zippo lighter asking in response "What if you didn't need one to begin with?"
Miller's Daughter
A dark brown linocut print of a spinning wheel with overlayed green text that reads "Will I always bare the weight of my father's mistakes?"
Mirror Mirror
An ornate golden mirror that has been broken, behind the shards is red text that reads "Mirror Mirror, on the wall,"
Mother Gothel
A intaglio print showing Rapunzel's tower printed in a grey blue, underneath is a plate printed in a grey green depicting Baba Yaga's hut in the woods. Between them is maroon text that reads "When does a spinster become a maiden?"
Neverland
"Neverland" is a 10x10 screen print in a chartreuse frame, showing a hand drawn orange tiger lily flower in the right bottom corner with periwinkle text to the left that reads "Never growing up is so much fun".
Oz
"Oz" is a square 10x10 screen print depicting two hand drawn pink poppy flowers exuding pollen with chartreuse text above reading "There's no better place to rest your head, my pretty."
Prince
A Lino printed green toad on white paper with purple text that reads "Am I worth Loving to transformation"
Rapunzel
A black linocut image of scissor cutting a braid of hair. Hot pink text reads "What will I give up in the name of true love?"
The Creature and the Pond
A boarder of pink sweet pea flowers and beansprouts surrounds a fairytale printed in brown ink. At the centre is a collection of cattails.
The Woodsman
Red text on grey paper set around black linocut images of a raven with a crumb, an axe placed in a stump and a gingerbread house.
When wishing still does some good
A composition of framed prints arranged as a gallery wall to evoke the atmosphere of french salons.
Wonderland
"Wonderland" is a 10 y 10 Screen print in a periwinkle frame featuring a white rose on white paper with red text reading "Don't lose your head, we'll just pretend the roses are red."
Work by
Carter Carscadden aka. Starling and Sons
Printmaking and Publications
“William Morris states that humans favour what they keep in their lives to be either useful or beautiful. Because of this, I argue that the pervasiveness of fairytales in our culture illustrates that...” [More]