

The invention of paper has for two millennia enabled the global spread of ideas and knowledge and has supported the proliferation of literacy, media, religion, education, commerce and art. In an increasingly ‘paperless society’ and an ever growing dependency on digital technology ‘Paper Trail’ will explore the ongoing importance of paper today.
100 pieces of heritage paper spanning over 100 years, given to 100 artists to create a piece of work. The papers used are listed here
Each piece of paper represents a year. We have invited the artists to create a work in response to something that happened during that year.
The paper must be used in the creation of the work. It can be printed, painted, written word, pulped, re-created, sculpted, folded, cut, collaged etc
The completed works will be shared initially in an online gallery on this page prior to a future exhibition of the works created.
To see the story behind each work please go to our News page
Paper Trail Gallery
61 / 1969 / Paper Moon / Paul Hazelton / Paper
16 / 1940 / Convoy / Sonia Boué / paper and digital print
89 / 2001 / Untitled / Kate Murdoch / Paper
79 / 1982 / Untitled / Clare Dales / Untitled / paper, thread, gold
87 / 1994 / Like the back of my hand / Julia Rogers / paper, ash
21 / 1951 / The future looks gr… / Graeme Campbell / paper, ephemera, glitter, plastic
26 / 1955 / Portrait of Ruth Ellis / Iona McCuaig / paper, pearl beads
12 / 1938 / Peace For Our Time / Reem Acason / Graphite on paper
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58 / 1967 / SummerofLove / Jennifer Merrell / Paper, sequins
20 / 1950 / TVTupi / Carol Balthazar / Collage
17 / 1947 / Partition of India / Marilyn Kyle / paper, silk thread
92 / 2010 / Silent but for the pointless yearnings of migrant birds / Julie Kirk / Book cover, paper
36 / 1960 / Bad Photo Copy / Dave Edwards / Paper, photocopy
53 / 1965 / The Hangman’s Noose / Anne Amosford / paper, wax,abaca fibre and graphite
29 / 1956 / Papaver Somniferum / Dawn Cole / Cyanotype and natural dye
30 / 1957 / Cwm Coke Works, South Wales / Jemma Gunning / etching
80 / 1982 / Turning Tide / Helen Stone / paper and floppy disk montage
90 / 2002 / Diva Moth / Tracey Bush / Upcycled opera score
25 / 1954 / Experiments With Power / Joanne B Kaar / accordion fold book
43 / 1962 / The Innocent Summer / Clive Holland / paper and audio
10 / 1932 / Amelia Earhart flies solo across the Atlantic / Roxanne Jackson / paper, Seawhite cartridge paper, inkjet prints, perspex, polystyrene, bead head pins
27 / 1955 / Fish Fingers / Laura Fisher / paper, text, rubber stamp print
62 / 1969 / Jocelyn Leigh / The Hidden Woman in the Moon (Margaret Hamilton) / paper and pencil
74 / 1977 / My 1977 Zine / Cherrie Trelogan / Paper, photocopies
65 / 1971 / Place of Safety / Sharon Hall Shipp / paper printed with the contents page of a 1971 issue of the magazine “Family Circle”, found synthetic string, darning wool, twigs and lavender sticks
37 / 1961 / Berlin 1961 / Letitia Tunstall / paper, old wire, wood, shredded pages from Berlin 1961 Frederick Kempe
19 / 1950 / Andy Pandy / Ann Bridges / paper, pencil, collage
76 / 1978 / Sea / Ruth Pickard
1 / 1864 / Half Penny / Franny Swann / Paper, acrylic, watercolour, fibre pen, and Chinese inks
52 / 1964 / Mark Lomax / paper, wire, aluminium, paint, filler and PVA
84 / 1986 / Chernobyl / Timothy Tolio
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