Works: Staffordshire Street
One-legged buskers, bare knuckle fighters, dancing bears and fatherless children
This series of ink drawings developed from paintings made of 18th century Staffordshire figurines. Laura is fascinated that the whimsical modeling of the characters belies the realities of the period; like today, it was a time of war, famine, restricted civil liberties and urbanization. Now forgotten, Laura recycles the stories, placing the characters together to create modern narratives set in pre-industrial suburbia.
From top left to right:
- Street fight. Indian ink 2010 51 x 84 cm
- War hero. Indian ink 2010 51 x 84 cm
- Staffordshire Street. Indian ink 2010 51 x 84 cm
- Street life. Indian ink 2010 51 x 84 cm
- Broken Britain. Indian ink 2009 51 x 84 cm