Artist's Book Edition of 5 Dimensions (WxH): 30 x 83cm
Sioban Piercy’s work is concerned with the book as object and idea: a physical structure made from paper, ink and thread, and a conceptual space where collective narratives and personal selfhood are formed. Using printmaking and bookbinding processes, she makes sculptural works that test the point at which fragile materials become carriers of meaning. The book, for Piercy, is never simply a vessel for text; it is an engineered body, held together by balance and tension. Its folds, bindings, surfaces and gaps suggest the ways human experience is assembled and revealed- how internal and external forces shape us and how we create stories to steady ourselves against uncertainty. Her objects invite close looking, but also a sense of ambiguity and paradox: a recognition that meaning is provisional, layered and shifting. Through these works, Piercy seeks to make visible the fragile structures through which we understand ourselves and the world around us.
Piercy lives in the West of Ireland. She studied at the Royal College of Art, London, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Printmakers. Her work is held in public collections including the Arts Council of Ireland, the V&A and the Instituto Nationale Per la Grafica, Rome.
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Artist's Book Edition of 5 Dimensions (WxH): 30 x 83cm
Sioban Piercy’s work is concerned with the book as object and idea: a physical structure made from paper, ink and thread, and a conceptual space where collective narratives and personal selfhood are formed. Using printmaking and bookbinding processes, she makes sculptural works that test the point at which fragile materials become carriers of meaning. The book, for Piercy, is never simply a vessel for text; it is an engineered body, held together by balance and tension. Its folds, bindings, surfaces and gaps suggest the ways human experience is assembled and revealed- how internal and external forces shape us and how we create stories to steady ourselves against uncertainty. Her objects invite close looking, but also a sense of ambiguity and paradox: a recognition that meaning is provisional, layered and shifting. Through these works, Piercy seeks to make visible the fragile structures through which we understand ourselves and the world around us.
Piercy lives in the West of Ireland. She studied at the Royal College of Art, London, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Printmakers. Her work is held in public collections including the Arts Council of Ireland, the V&A and the Instituto Nationale Per la Grafica, Rome.
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