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My foray into the delights of toilet roll began after seeing the "Lavatory Portraits" of Nina Katchadourian, a series of photographs and videos which began spontaneously in the bathroom during a long haul flight. Using only toilet roll and a camera phone she began to make a series of stern looking portraits in the Flemish Style. See the link below for more details.
http://www.ninakatchadourian.com/photography/sa-flemish.php
I was inspired by the humour, simplicity and spontaneity of her creative act within the confines of an aeroplane toilet, and her worked stayed with me - as it made me smile every time I thought about it.
A few months later I found myself in a bed and breakfast in Leeds - with time to kill, the weather outside was miserable and cold so confined as I was to a dreary room I tried to amuse myself the best I could. It was then that I remembered the toilet roll experiments of Nina Katchadourian, I walked into the bathroom and reached for the toilet roll.
What ensued was several hours of toilet roll delight. In the following weeks, whenever I had a chance, I found myself in the bathroom seeking out the company of the toilet roll and an array of characters emerged - housemaids, secretaries, nuns, brides, sad clowns, empty nest widows, and of course the "Tory Smile" - more of which later.
