I have recently been searching for images of Alice that somehow leave the page of the book and transform. Metamorphosis or transformation is evident on every page of Alice, and even on every page of our lives. In the art of Su Blackwell, words literally transform and jump off of the page.
Artist Statement:
"Paper has been used for communication since its invention; either between humans or in an attempt to communicate with the spirit world. I employ this delicate, accessible medium and use irreversible, destructive processes to reflect on the precariousness of the world we inhabit and the fragility of our life, dreams and ambitions.
It is the delicacy, the slight feeling of claustrophobia, as if these characters, the landscape have been trapped inside the book all this time and are now suddenly released. A number of the compositions have an urgency about them, the choices made for the cut-out people from the illustrations seem to lean towards people on their way somewhere, about to discover something, or perhaps escaping from something. And the landscapes speak of a bleak mystery, a rising, an awareness of the air."
Here are some examples of her work and a link to her website:
Alice, Through the Looking Glass
Alice, Tea Party 
The Secret Garden
Peter Pan
The Wizard of Oz
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