Do You Know: Graham Rawle's 'Lost Consonants'?

 

Hi you.

 

Earlier in the week, when I posted about the extra consonant that turned a simple care-label on a belt into a flight of fancy about a  glittery 'finfish', it made me think of the Lost Consonants series created by author and artist Graham Rawle.

 

I must have come across his Lost Consonants in the Guardian newspaper's Weekend magazine over a decade ago and in case you're not familiar with his work I thought I'd link you up today.

 

The 'lost' consonant idea does pretty much exactly what you'd think; but dropping that one single letter ... it makes a world of difference to the meaning! See for yourself ... 

 

 

What do you think?

I love them; word play combined with collage is a little bit of creative-heaven for me!

Wouldn't the idea make a fun starting point for an art journal page? Or a scrapbook title? I'm sure there's some fun to be had there!

I could go on much longer, and more embarrassingly, about how much I admire Rawle's work, and how unbelievably frustrated I was to discover on his blog that he'd just given a lecture at the Uni where I work from time to time ... if only I'd known I'd have done my very best to have sneaked into a seat at the back!

But instead .. I'll leave you to enjoy more examples on  Graham Rawle's website where you can find links to his other works and his books.

Soon, soon.

Julie :-)