By: HAWKSLEY, Rozanne (1931-2021)

Acq. Number: 891

Dimensions: 32 x 65 x 5 cm

Artwork_Medium: wood, bird bones, thread, pins, ink in glazed shallow wooden box

Purchased: 2023

Buyer: Trustees of Rozanne Hawksleys estate – gift

Location: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales National Museum Cardiff

Town: Cardiff

Content: Hawksley spoke of working only with those materials which each piece required. Interesting War News was the first work in which she used bones, a key and much-loved material. It gives the details of losses involved in the gain of 25 yards during World War One, and was made after listening to a radio broadcast about the third battle of Ypres at Passchendaele, a place she subsequently visited.A photograph of this work appears on p.46 of Mary Schoesers publication on Rozanne Hawksley (Ruthin Art Centre/Lund Humphries, 2009)Artist Notes:Rozanne Hawksley established a studio in Newport Pembrokeshire in 1987. She died in January 2022. Before moving to Wales, her career included being part-time tutor at Goldsmith College (Textiles) and visiting tutor at both Royal College of Art and Slade School of Fine Art, London.