This page outlines some of the themes of Cindy's art work. To go to the most recent blog posts, go here.
![Electoral Boundaries Theme](https://www.cindytonkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/20230106_134226.jpg)
Electoral Boundaries Theme
Nicola gave me this old Electoral Boundaries books (remaindered at her work) in October...
![Bellbirds Theme](https://www.cindytonkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20221109_141820-scaled.jpg)
Bellbirds Theme
I believe I was maybe 7 when a textbook introduced me to Henry Kendall's...
![Inspired Theme](https://www.cindytonkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/20211129_120003-scaled-1693x1693.jpg)
Inspired Theme
This series is part of an exercise in composition. For each of the "inspired"...
![Tickets theme](https://www.cindytonkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/20130405_135435.jpg)
Tickets theme
There seemed to be an endless supply of bus, train and ferry tickets when...
![Cockatoo Island theme](https://www.cindytonkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/cockatoo-island-2014-12-rotated-768x768.jpg)
Cockatoo Island theme
It seems around 2009 that I first visited Cockatoo Island with a camera. Over...
![Open Press theme](https://www.cindytonkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/20210109_170559-1-scaled.jpg)
Open Press theme
The Open press is a tiny thing - the paper size is a vertical...
![Carousel books Theme](https://www.cindytonkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cindy-tonkin-carousel-models-10-e1492928665888.jpg)
Carousel books Theme
I had tried to make carousel or star-fold books before 2016 when I went...
![Houses Theme](https://www.cindytonkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180610_093415-e1530865377645.jpg)
Houses Theme
I do not remember the first time I made small houses in artworks. It's...
![Art of the fold](https://www.cindytonkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20190106_110709-e1548648543577.jpg)
Art of the fold
Soon after my copy of Art of the Fold was delivered in January 2019,...
![Encaustic Theme](https://www.cindytonkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/20151113_151923.jpg)
Encaustic Theme
In July 2014 I took an encaustic workshop with Audrey Rhoda at Sturt Winter...
![e.e.cummings Theme](https://www.cindytonkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/20191110_214003.jpg)
e.e.cummings Theme
My mum introduced me to the poetry of e.e.cummings when I was maybe 15....
![Small Gallery Theme](https://www.cindytonkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sc1.png)
Small Gallery Theme
The world's smallest gallery was born when my fellow-improviser and artist Natalie Cheney started...
![Wallpaper Theme](https://www.cindytonkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/elixir-20180527_110736-3024x3024.jpg)
Wallpaper Theme
In January 2018 at Sturt Summer School I did a workshop with the fabulous...
![Series Of Unfortunate Events Theme](https://www.cindytonkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/20170623_154113-1.jpg)
Series Of Unfortunate Events Theme
In December 2016 Nicola gave me her Lemony Snicket books. They were like a...
![Replay Theme](https://www.cindytonkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20180627_174955-e1530599491537-1024x768-1.jpg)
Replay Theme
In July 2018 Sydney Book Art Group put together an exhibition we called Replay...
![Postcard Project Theme](https://www.cindytonkin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/20171208_161448.png)
Postcard Project Theme
Remember the days when people sent postcards? I had a stash of cards which...