Paper cuts
(Model in the V&A Museum of Childhood: London, UK)
Exploring is something I enjoy, wherever I am – the best thing about exploration is that there’s always more to discover. Even in Glasgow, I occasionally extend my walk to or from home in order to stride down a street I have never seen before. Last night in London, I met a friend halfway between the station and his house, so we took a convoluted and new route to the shops. On the way, we discovered a Grecian Temple affair nestled between a row of town houses and it turned out to be a gallery open late. We ended up becoming completely sidetracked with curiosity and our dinner had to wait.
I continued today by walking to Bethnal Green, allegedly ‘the heart of the East end’ according to the many banners running along the roads. The V&A Museum of Childhood is showing an exhibition titled ‘Cut It Fold It’ where I saw this charming miniature paper model of Hampton Court Palace. The entire model was smaller than a sheet of A4 paper. In the main, the exhibits were showcase examples of famous buildings constructed from card and paper. There were several other London attractions including a seriously sweet timber framed London Bridge, complete with little Tudor buildings, presumably imagined from before it burned down. The collection covered plenty of global highlights, more of which I might post up here – simply because they were just such fun. However, aside from the impressively realistic scaled down Stonehenge, and the cathedral in St Petersburg, this one remains one of my favourites.
– Today Rosie is in the UK, behind the scenes at the Horniman museum in London –
