Mixed media collage artworks and drawings for children's book Circle / by Jeannie Baker

fonds

2012-2016

Graphic Materials, Drawings, Textual Records

9648008

23 collages
9 drawings
3 items of graphic and textual material

Jeannie Baker (b. 1950), an award-winning artist, author and film maker, was born in England, migrating to Australia in 1975. Her award-winning picture books include Where the Forest Meets the Sea, Window, and Mirror.

Circle (first published in 2016) traces the migration of the Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica baueri) from Australia and New Zealand, through Southeast Asia, to their breeding grounds in Alaska, and then back to Australia and New Zealand. Following ancient invisible pathways, the birds visit China and South Korea.

References
"Jeannie Baker", Sydney Morning Herald, Spectrum, 4-5 June, 2016, p. 24

SERIES 1
Original artworks for the book Circle, 2012-2016

SERIES 2
Working drawings for the book Circle, dummy book, and other material

In copyright:
Copyright holder:: Jeannie Baker
Approval for reproduction required:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Jeannie Baker

The artworks were exhibited in a travelling exhibition organised by Newcastle Museum in collaboration with Jeannie Baker, visiting Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, May-July 2016 ; Newcastle Museum, August-October 2016 ; Canberra Museum & Gallery, November 2016-February 2017 ; Royal Botanic Gardens of Victoria, March-May 2017 ; Botanic Gardens of South Australia, June-August 2017 ; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, September-November 2017 ; Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens, December 2017-February 2018 ; and Bundaberg Art Gallery, March-May 2018.

Reference:
Jeannie Baker. https://www.jeanniebaker.com/ (accessed 2 March, 2020)