The wind between the Pages Exhibition: Book Art by David Elliot

David delves into the art of 3D drawing, an exciting and original way of ‘lifting illustrations’ from the pages of the books he loves.

His re-imaging of illustration showcases a range of well-known titles, including Melville’s Moby Dick, Shakespeare’s The Tempest, and his own personal response to Lewis Carroll’s The Hunting of the Snark.

Whatever is going on, these models and drawings are essentially about his ongoing fascination with books and the imagined worlds they contain. Many of them also celebrate where David lives, on the edge of the wild Otago Coast, and delve into the literature of the sea. Winds howl through their pages, storms rage against their bindings, tiny ships are flung across their pages, and strange creatures are cast up onto their margins.