A journey through the Owl House by Emslie, Anne

A journey through the Owl House by Emslie, Anne

Softcover, ISBN 9780140255560
Publisher: Penguin, 1997
Condition: Good - Very good. This book is in very good condition. The wraps have some very slight/limited signs of wear and a slight curl to the corners and the bookblock is slightly dusty. The book’s pages are clean, intact and the corners and spine remains undamaged. This book has been well maintained and looked after thus far.

For more than a century reclusive artist Helen Martins worked on the transformation of her home in the isolated Karoo village of Nieu Bethesda, creating an intriguing world rich in personal symbolism and universal meaning. The garden became a sculpture yard populated by a throng of pilgrims and camels, owls, mermaids and other creatures, while the walls of the house were coated in colour and crushed glass to create sublime and unsettling effects. Anne Emslie leads us on a guided tour through the rooms of the house and along the paths of the sculpture yard, helping us towards an understanding of Helen Martins' remarkable vision.