The work of Heather McGill melds together tattoo imagery, the world of Alice’s wonderland, and high Victorian society. Her beautiful laser cut paper pieces are impossibly delicate, yet they present the viewer with symbols that bear a high level of permanence in the collective psyche—smoke stacks speak to the irreversible destruction of our planet, while irons and watering cans remind us of idealized domesticity. McGill’s beautiful silhouettes are both reflection of childhood fantasy and memento mori.
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