Whenever I pop over to visit my parents, I’m heartened by the small bowl of toffee eclairs on the table in the hall. On my way back out the door, I always pocket a couple to sustain me on my journey home. The toffees come wrapped in these blue and gold twists of metallicised cellophane, many of which have found their way into the washing machine. Once washed, these wrappers take on a very pleasing patina, exfoliated of much of their original gaudiness and turned instead into these rather more translucent, opalescent swatches. I wondered if I could assemble a few of the wrappers together to produce a very small scale homage to El Anatsui’s extraordinary tapestries-come-sculptures – our prompt for The Kick-About No.67.
While not convinced I managed that exactly, I found myself instead thinking about geological strata and seams of gold, about crystalline caves and fantastical canyons.
Red's Kingdom 
Absolutely love these Phil! The gold against the blue contrasts so beautifully, nice tip about sticking them in the wash for some added texture. Steak pie foil and sweet rappers – Great minds think alike once again eh? Haha
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It does look like magical earth geodes. As El Anatsui knows, the things we discard can be very beautiful if we look at them the right way. (K)
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