Diamonds are forever, They are all I need to please me.

-Southbank coarse 310gsm paper, clear gloss varnish, diamond dust & 5mm Neutral 9T13 Perspex 

24 x 28.5 x 6cm 

Price: £350 (framed print). Edition of 20

WILL HUGHES- (lives Stockton, Teeside). Plastic bags symbolise a trip to the local corner shop, a treat, a fizzy drink or a pint of milk. They are an everyday item around us- overlooked and considered a blemish whilst being blown around the street. I have immortalised the humble 'placky bag' through the use of diamond dust (glass shards) ground down to sparkle and refract light, fixing the bag in a compressed state of glamour. With a title borrowed from Diamonds Are Forever by Shirley Bassey, I’m thinking about whats in that bag the fizzy drink that’s going to make my day or that milk which will satisfy my tea craving. 

The print becomes a sculptural object through the brown tinted perspex used to frame it. Sunglasses for me have often acted as a shield to the world a powerful armour of stardom. This aura transforms the print and adds another lens to view the plastic bag through both physically and metaphorically. 

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