If you won’t be able to take a seat on the Mrs. Dalloway bench in Gordon Square, this summer, you can still see it up close. Artist Fiona Osborne of One Red Shoe has generously shared photos of the bench at various stages of her artistic process.
If you look closely, you can even see her workspace in some of the photos, including drop cloth, paint pots and brushes, a blow dryer, and natural light streaming through a round window.
Osborne’s Mrs. Dalloway bench is one of 50 installed by the National Literacy Trust for its Books About Town art trail. Each is shaped as an open book and is decorated by a professional illustrator or local artist.
Side view of the Mrs. Dalloway bench
Front view featuring Clarissa Dalloway
Front view in progress
Close-up of back view featuring Septimus Warren Smith
Back view in progress
Detail of the orchid
Detail of the swallows
Alice Lowe
Catherine
Kaylee Baucom
Paula Maggio
Stefano Rozzoni
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Vara Neverow
William Patrick Wend
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My son’s office at UCL’s Archaeological Institute is on Gordon Square, and I am going for a visit next month! So thrilled I will see this bench and the special exhibit at the NPG since my timing usually is *just off* for such events. I am also renting a flat on Taviton Street for our stay.
How exciting, Leslie. Send bloggingwoolf@yahoo.com a photo or two. Or tweet your photos to @woolfwriter. We’d love to share them.