Chocolate Cosmos, String of Pearls

Chocolate Cosmos, String of Pearls is a new publication featuring highly intricate botanical collage works by New York-based artist Jane Hammond. Alongside a new essay by Hammond herself, the book includes a foreword and an extended essay. These texts focus on Hammond’s practice in connection with environmental and sociological subjects such as evolution and visual cognition, exploring the gathering and making processes inherent within her complex collages. The book forms part of the Hurtwood Artist & Gallery Series, offering an in-depth insight into the practice and thinking of some of the most engaging artists working nationally and internationally today.