T is for Toy Cars

This image is part of a year-long project alongside 14 other artists of all disciplines, each of us is making one piece of work a week. The culmination of the project will be an exhibition of nearly 800 pieces of work.

I’m making a series of still life photographs using a 1953 sweet tin commemorating the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Sized approx 4.5 x 6 inches and 1 inch deep, the tin acts as a frame and a constraint in deciding what can be fitted in. Additionally, the subject of each image corresponds to a single letter of the alphabet, each letter used twice during the project.

This shot came together quickly using the toy cars left lying around after a visit from my grandson. They stacked in the tin with relative ease and adding the cars on the sides with the red and white colours placed diagonally finished off the composition perfectly.