Jerwood Art Fund Makers Open artist Vicky Higginson has put together a reading list to share the research, ideas and inspirations that have fed into her commission Coping Mechanisms.
Coping Mechanisms is a series of glass healing devices that draw on folklore, mythology and medical history to imagine ways to treat emotional ailments.
Reading List:
Karen Armstrong (2005) A Short History of Myth. Edinburgh; Canongate
Neil MacGregor (2012) A History of the World in 100 Objects. London; Penguin
Marina Warner (2018) Fairy Tale: a very short introduction. Oxford University Press
Chris Gosden (2020) The History of Magic: from alchemy to witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present. UK; Viking
Philip Pullman (2013) Grimm Tales for Young and Old. London; Penguin Classics
Neil Gaiman (2017) Norse Mythology. London; Bloomsbury
Hans Christian Andersen (1945) Fairy Tales. Letchworth; Temple Press
Annabel Williams-Ellis (1958) The Arabian Nights. London; Blackie & Son
Barbara Sleigh (1964) North of Nowhere. London & Glasgow; Collins
Roger Lancelyn Green (1966) A Book of Myths. London; Aldine Press
Sir George Douglas (2005) Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales. Lomond Books
William Jenkyn Thomas (1915) The Welsh Fairy Book. London; T Fisher Union ltd
James Reeves (1972) English Fables and Fairy Stories. London; Oxford University Press
Shaun Tan (2016) The Singing Bones. London; Walker Studio
Susanna Clarke (2007) The Ladies of Grace Adieu. London; Bloomsbury
Susanna Clarke (2005) Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. London; Bloomsbury
E. Carey, S. Hall, et al (2019) These Our Monsters. Norwich; English Heritage Press
D. Johnson, E. McBride, et al (2020) Hag: Forgotten folktales retold. London; Virago
Neil Gaiman, Coleen Doran (2019) Snow, Glass, Apples. London; Headline
Neil Gaiman, Chris Riddell (2014) The Sleeper and the Spindle. London; Bloomsbury
Angela Carter (1979) The Bloody Chamber. London; Vintage
C Keith Wilbur (2003) Antique Medical Instruments. Atglen; Schiffer
James M Edmonson (1997) American Surgical Instruments: an illustrated history. San Francisco; Norman Publishing
Sheila Paine (2004) Amulets: sacred charms of power and protection. Vermont; Inner Traditions
![Cecilia Charlton, Eternal myth and the poetry of the cosmos [fate, future, suture] (triptych), 2021. Commissioned for Jerwood Art Fund Makers Open. Installation view at Jerwood Space. Photo: Anna Arca.](/app/uploads/2022/01/Cecilia-Charlton-Eternal-myth-and-the-poetry-of-the-cosmos-scaled-800x960.jpg)
