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HELLO and welcome to the Restless Things Shop!
Here you will find archival prints and original drawings by Olivia Jeffries. Custom orders are welcome - please get in touch if you are looking for something specific!
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ABOUT
My creative process is continually influenced by my fascination for used paper. I enthuses about working on a surface that has already been given a sense of purpose in a previous incarnation that has become visibly worn over time.

Old letters, books or packaging materials, for example, are salvaged from their original roles and combined with figures, symbols or shapes which have been stripped of their surroundings. These relatively valueless materials and simple motifs are brought together to explore the barely tangible traces of life; to project the vulnerability of love, precariousness of life and inevitability of death which embody the complex and uncertain nature of simply being human.
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PLEASE NOTE - a great deal of my work focuses on found markings, for example, stains, dirty marks, scribbles or annotations found on old paper, especially book pages. I will try and make it clear in the listing if there are subtle markings that may not be immediately noticeable when viewing images on a computer screen.
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VISIT http://sweet-loon-bird.blogspot.com for up to date info on current work and www.oliviajeffries.com to view archived work.
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