I have in my possession an old knife and cake fork, they were handed down to me from my grandmother. As you can imagine the older folk hold dear such items as sherry glasses, cutlery and table cloths. However this two small items I hold dear as I can remember her using them whenever we (That is me, my parents and sister) went to visit them. As a rule, in our house we did not have cakes and sweets, so going to see granny meant we were going to get what normally we were not allowed. Just the fact that we were not allowed was more than enough of motive to over eat. This knife and fork were (and still are) made of silver and the handles was made of bone.
Because these items brought back happy memories, it was decided to make a painting of each of them. Snapping to my favourite medium: gold and silver leaf. I stretched and prepared the canvases of 146x92cm. The back ground was done with the gold leaf and the blade of the knife, and the prongs of the fork were done with the silver leaf. I was hoping that they would be bought by a restaurant owner, because they would have made an effective result on the wall of the restaurant. But as fate would have it, it went to a private dwelling's dinning room. So I should not quibile too much
