Leonie oakes biography

WINNER: Award in honour of Pam and Neil Thorne – sponsored by Janet De Boer OAM. A special award which reflects the core concept of Paper on Skin, an idea conceived and developed by Burnie artist Pam Thorne with support from her husband Neil. $1000

ABOUT THE PIECE

Listening to the night explores the moment of stillness between the in-breath and the out-breath of the body, the moment between day and night when the light fades and becomes fleetingly more intense.

Everything seems to momentarily pause.

The dress has been created as a series of artists books that combine in different forms to capture traces of a story that is left behind.

Layers of ink, dye and paint were applied over months of printing and stitching using traditional and contemporary printmaking and bookbinding techniques.

The pattern for the dress was created directly sculpting the paper onto the body.

A sleeve becomes a cuff, a collar becomes a headpiece, the Leonie Oakes Slippage | Garland Magazine KAQI