50.00 GBP
Thames river stone with John Milton poetry on antique paper.
9 x 8 cm approx.
weight 615 gram
Collected from under Hammersmith Bridge at low tide, this stone is part of the London Rocks art project - a visual history of the river Thames as told by writers and poets.
John Milton (1608-1674), best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost, lived in Hammersmith, London, and wrote about the Thames in his poem Mansus:
"We too believe that we have heard swans swinging in our river amid the dark shadows of night, where the silver Thames with her pure urns soaks her green hair in the ocean's current."
Handwritten on paper fused with the stone are Milton's original Latin verses:
"Nos etiam in nostro modulantes flumine cygnos / credimus obscuras noctis sensisse per umbras / qua Thamesis late puris argenteus urnis / Oceani laucos perfundit gurgite crines."
The paper sculpted around the stone's curves reproduces the river banks' undulations, north and south of Hammersmith Bridge.
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Piece of metal on which the stone rests is for display purposes only and is not included.
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Care Instructions: Please keep this stone out of direct sunlight and sources of heat and humidity.
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The work of collage artist Lito Apostolakou hosted in Inklinks discusses narratives of time, words, memory and history. Lito uses antique papers, archival ink, vintage prints and worn stationery to create 3D collages on found objects like stones, wooden boards and writing cases.
LONDON ROCKS is project that explores the river Thames as a historical and literary narrative.
Lito works from her home studio in Muswell Hill, London.
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