Jasper Yorke

Epping Boys High School

WE HAVE TOO MUCH

Printmaking

Lino print on paper, soundscape

My body of work is inspired by my grandparents and the objects they have collected over their lives. I was drawn to their collections - treasures of the past full of stories, hidden objects tucked away in drawers and boxes: carved coconut shells, bronze samurai figures, bones, tools, old photographs. To my grandparents these possessions feel both precious and, as time has passed, burdensome. To me these unusual objects reveal an unseen inner world. My work represents this complexity, each engraved line and repeated print conveying how stories and objects accumulate over time.

My artmaking practice has been influenced by the study and interpretation of the following artists: Grant Wood, American Gothic; Lucy Culliton, Home exhibition; Michael Landy, Break Down; Christopher Zanko; Francis Gearhart; Kit Hiller;Tracey Emin; Hasui Kawase.