{"product_id":"the-ornamental-garden-shelves-original-collage-framed","title":"The Ornamental Garden Shelves (Original Collage Framed)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theshopfloorproject.com\/pages\/own-art-with-an-interest-free-loan#\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/OWN_ART_BUTTON.png?v=1505927785\" style=\"float: left;\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDescription: \"A collage of collectables, with imagery from the garden and the field. Staffordshire figures, vintage cups, miniature greenhouses and chicken coop, delft tiles and bee laden honey jars.\" Sarah Battle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eUnframed paper size approx: 33.8 x 45.9cm (13.3 x 18.1 inches)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eUnframed artwork size approx: 29.7 x 41.7cm (11.7 x 16.4 inches)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFramed size approx: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e41.7 x 53.7cm (16.4 x 21.1 inches)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDate of Artwork: 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLocation of Signature: Bottom right\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrame options: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlack wood, putty wood, oak wood, white wood (with mount)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlease note: Our framers are recognised by the Fine Art Trade Guild for their quality because the custom frames have tightly pinned corners, and are made from precision cut wood in England, made bespoke for each order. All our frames are glazed with our Clarity+ Perspex. It's cut from the highest quality acrylic sheet that's both crystal clear, but also safe and filters out 99% of UV light to protect the artwork.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theshopfloorproject.com\/pages\/framing-workshop\"\u003eRead more about our FRAMING WORKSHOP here\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cscript src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTHE STORY\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2026-06-24_at_10.03.02_am_1024x1024.png?v=1782295910\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eCan you hear it? The rhythmic snip, snip, snip coming from the studio of Sarah Battle, nestled high up in the attic of an 18th century weaver’s cottage in the West Yorkshire hills. It’s a song that has been singing for many years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2026-06-24_at_10.03.07_am_1024x1024.png?v=1782295931\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThis is a paper-cut artist who has been creating collage-works since her early days at the Royal College of Art in the late 1980’s. Since then she has been cutting a swathe through each decade, creating works for textile designers and a multitude of other products, rarely resting her trusty scissors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2026-06-24_at_10.03.14_am_1024x1024.png?v=1782295953\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eIn this new set of work for The Shop Floor, Sarah Battle has applied her processes of collage and paper-cutting to create a celebration of the garden; each one is full to bursting with the most magical imagery. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2026-06-24_at_10.03.19_am_1024x1024.png?v=1782295975\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThe motifs that populate the collages are a kaleidoscopic array of objects, including gardens, greenhouses, prizewinners at the country show and kitchen dressers displaying all sorts of treasures. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2026-06-24_at_10.03.25_am_1024x1024.png?v=1782295996\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eIndividual motifs are precisely positioned, creating juxtapositions and visual discourses across and around the shared surface. This idea of collecting, grouping, or placing objects in a particular way is something Sarah investigates within her work, be that personal collections, books or the Pinterest feeds of others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"margin-bottom: 16px; float: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2026-06-24_at_10.03.30_am_1024x1024.png?v=1782296016\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThere is a graphic sensibility within Sarah’s work. It comes from a love of print, typefaces and advertising and from the material she has collected. Boxes and boxes of collected ephemera containing anything from old handwritten cheques, envelopes (a favourite is the printed security linings from bank envelopes), old tickets, adverts and receipt books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2026-06-24_at_10.03.35_am_1024x1024.png?v=1782296061\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eSarah says that “incidental patterns occur from the snippets of old receipt books; unexpected textures arise from the dotted tones of early commercial printing, while fragments of letterpress, typographic and handwritten words add to the texture”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2026-06-24_at_10.03.41_am_1024x1024.png?v=1782296086\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThis can be seen in all of Sarah’s work, a particularly striking example is the use of handwriting from an old letter that scrolls across to create the scales of a fish. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2026-06-24_at_10.03.51_am_1024x1024.png?v=1782296110\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThe collages are full of this incredible detail; the bowl below, for instance, uses the bank envelopes printed with security linings, an absolute favourite material of the artist, which she uses again and again to great effect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2026-06-24_at_10.03.56_am_1024x1024.png?v=1782296133\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eIt is the discarded ephemera of our daily lives, cut up and reassembled that Sarah is breathing new life into. These are objects that give instant pleasure but entice us to look closer. Like exploring the interior of a dollhouse, scale becomes distorted and details are shrunken down so a potted geranium is as big as a chair and a watering can bigger than a dove. It’s a magical world, full of joyful details and surprising fragments. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/Screenshot_2026-06-24_at_10.04.03_am_1024x1024.png?v=1782296158\" style=\"float: left;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"SARAH BATTLE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56666258178434,"sku":"(SR)SB30","price":885.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1706\/1591\/files\/TheOrnimentalGardenShelvescopy.jpg?v=1782289676","url":"https:\/\/theshopfloorproject.com\/products\/the-ornamental-garden-shelves-original-collage-framed","provider":"THE SHOP FLOOR PROJECT ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}