The Family Silver

Hand-made paper casts and ink

Dimensions variable

In 2006 I was fortunate enough to be funded by the Friends of the Royal Scottish Academy to undertake a 3 month artist residency in Hospitalfield House, Arbroath.

The last people to own and live in Hospitalfield House were Patrick and Elizabeth Allan-Fraser. Despite having maids, gardeners and constant visitors to the house, there were only two people in this family and I wondered if a sense of loneliness and a longing for children existed. I needed to make only two monogrammed sets of cutlery to complete this family set.

Photograph by Ivon Bartholomew