Pippa Blake
About the work in Transept:Traverse
My work for Transept:Traverse focuses on the actual 900 years of the Cathedral’s construction and fabrication. I have used nine Perspex panels each 10 ml thick contained within a Perspex frame. Between each layer I have arranged fragments of tissue and acetate film which have been digitally printed with images photographed from each century of the Cathedral’s existence. My intention is to encapsulate the nine hundred years history within the layers inwardly creating a box of time and memory whilst outwardly reflecting light and imagery from the 21st Century.
Biography
Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, Blake studied Fine Art at Camberwell School of Art gaining BA Hons Painting (First Class) from 1972 - 1976.
She then travelled the world, returning to continue her studies in 2005 at West Dean College near Chichester.
She graduated with a Postgraduate Diploma (Distinction) from the Visual Arts programme. Since that time she has resumed a full time career in painting. Blake lives and works in Emsworth on the shores of Chichester Harbour and has exhibited widely both in the UK and internationally.
