2025 | Longlist | Publishing
| Professional
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She/Her - Why did you create this work?
I wanted to work from a place of love and admiration. Our grandparents hold a unique place in our memories. I was lucky to have a good one. Dr Elena Zadik was funny, resilient and great company. Her eventful life speaks so clearly to where we find ourselves as a country, both in terms of how we treat migrants and how we talk about and deal with our public services and healthcare. - How were your illustrations used?
The illustration was used to show the domestic details of her life: clothing, plates, tablecloths and food packaging, whilst telling the story of the political and social backdrop (diaspora, the Sheffield blitz, coalmining). We mark our lives with food, clothing, homewares, and I wanted to show how these changed over the decades of her long life. - What materials and techniques did you use?
Collage, sewing, crochet, papercutting, family archive photography, ink, pencil and paint illustrations, digitally edited. My grandmother was always knitting, working, cooking, sewing, photographing, so the illustrations needed to reflect her skill in handcrafting. As I also love to make by hand. - Was this project commissioned?
Commissioned - Commissioner Name
Hannah Westland - Commissioner Company
Jonathan Cape (Vintage, Penguin Random House) - Commissioner Instagram
@jonathancapebooks - Agent
Rosemary Scoular, United Agents - Agent Instagram
@unitedagentsbooks - College / University
BA History and Politics University of Liverpool MA Fine Art Central St Martins - Instagram
@miriamgold - Biography
Miriam Gold has completed international residencies and commissions from the V&A and the Barbican. She was selected for the Emerging Writer’s Programme at the London Library for her first book. She holds an MA in Fine Art from Central St Martins and a BA in History and Politics from the University of Liverpool. She teaches Art in a college in East London. - Where are you currently based?
United Kingdom (UK)
