Jo Smail


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Public/Private - 2010 - 2011



On photographs I took of centuries old Florentine walls (including more recent graffiti), pavements, streets, manhole covers cobblestone squares and floors of churches. I determine to adhere to our grandmother’s and mother’s motto “waste not want not”, using inherited items, I glue, patch, measure, mark, decorate, fasten, mimic, pin, stitch, recycle and so doing I smile, dedicate and remember.

Archival print with hand-worked embellishments.



Public / Private # 1 2010 Archival Digital Print and Lace Embroidery Collage 17” x 22” Edition of 1



Public / Private # 2 2010

Archival Digital Print, Button and Thread Collage 17” x 22” Edition of 3



Public / Private # 5 2010

Archival Digital Print and Hook and Eye Collage 17” x 22” Edition of 3



Public / Private # 6 2010

Archival Digital Print and Zipper Collage 17” x 22” Edition of 3



Public / Private # 10 2010 Archival Digital Print, Vellum, Photo Corners and Artist’s Tape Collage 17” x 22” Edition of 3



Public / Private # 9 2010

Archival Digital Print, Hook and Eye on Card Collage 17” x 22” Edition of 3



Public / Private # 7 2010

Archival Digital Print, Button and Thread Collage 17” x 22” Edition of 3



Public / Private # 11 2010

Archival Digital Print, Ink on Vellum and Artists Tape Collage 17” x 22” Edition of 3



Public / Private # 15 2010 Archival Digital Print, Hooks and Eyes on Card with Electrical Tape Collage 17” x 22” Edition of 1



Public / Private # 14 2010

Archival Digital Print and Bead Necklace Collage 17” x 22” Edition of 1



Public / Private # 12 2010 Archival Digital Print and Ostrich Egg Beads Collage 17” x 22” Edition of 3



Public / Private # 16 2010

Archival Digital Print, Button and Thread Collage 17” x 22” Edition of 3



Public / Private # 21 2010 Archival Digital Print and Enamel on Card Collage 17” x 22” Edition of 3



Public / Private # 20 2010 Archival Digital Print, Photograph and Photo Corners Collage 17” x 22” Edition of 3



Public / Private # 24 2010

Archival Digital Print and Safety Pins Collage 17” x 22” Edition of 3



Public / Private # 19 2010

Archival Digital Print, Button and Thread Collage 17” x 22” Edition of 3



Public / Private # 30 2010 Archival Digital Print and Curtain Rings Collage 22” x 17” Edition of 3



Public / Private # 29 2010 Archival Digital Print and Thread Collage 22” x 17” Edition of 3



Public / Private # 27 2010 Beads, Thread CollageArchival Digital Print and African 22” x 17” Edition of 1



Public / Private # 31 2010 Archival Digital Print and Thread Collage 22” x 17” Edition of 3



Public / Private # 36 2010 Archival Digital Print, Curtain Ring and Pencil Collage 22” x 17” Edition of 3



Public / Private # 34 2010 Archival Digital Print and Curtain 22” x 17” Edition of 3



Public / Private # 33 2010 Archival Digital Print, Press Studs and Pencil Collage 22” x 17” Edition of 3



Public / Private # 38 2010 Archival Digital Print, Ostrich Eggs and Pencil Collage 22” x 17” Edition of 3



Public / Private # 43 2010 Archival Digital Print and Cardboard Collage 19” x 13” Edition of 3



Public / Private # 40 2010 Archival Digital Print, Curtain Ring and Pencil Collage 22” x 17” Edition of 3



Public / Private # 39 2010 Archival Digital Print and Hooks and Eyes on Card Collage 22” x 17” Edition of 1



Public / Private # 44 2010 Archival Digital Print and Ear Ring Collage 19” x 13” Edition of 1



Public / Private # 48 2010 Archival Digital Print and Pencil on Paper Collage 19” x 13” Edition of 3



Public / Private # 49 2010 Archival Digital Print and African Bead Necklace Collage 19” x 13” Edition of 1



Public / Private # 47 2010 Archival Digital Print, Enamel and Card with Thread Collage 19” x 13” Edition of 1



Public / Private # 45 2010 Archival Digital Print and Ostrich Egg Beads Collage 19” x 13” Edition of 3



Public / Private # 53 2010 Archival Digital Print and Enamel Collage 19” x 13” Edition of 3



Public / Private # 54 2010 Archival Digital Print and Porcupine Bead Collage 19” x 13” Edition of 3



Public / Private # 52 Paint Collage 19” x 13” Edition of 1



Public / Private # 51 2010 Archival Digital Print and Lace on Fabric Collage 19” x 13” Edition of 3