'Cut By Hand' is a prime example of David Mach’s postcard collage series, where he layers sections from an image of an iconic work of art, comic character or figure in popular culture over a varied selection of postcards containing diverse images. The idea of this pairing is to break up the main image by inserting flashes of colour from the postcard background, resulting in a layered, complex finish. ‘Cut By Hand’ refers not only to the arduous and time consuming method employed to make these works but it is also a nod to the well known Italian artist Lucio Fontana.

Collage has always been part of Mach’s studio practice, using the technique as a way of submitting proposal ideas in a way where others would draw or sketch a design. The most notable of Mach’s collages came in 2011 with his block buster exhibition ‘Precious Light’ where Mach undertook the momentous task of illustrating key moments of the King James Bible. The exhibition coincided with the 400th anniversary of the book’s release. This exhibition also saw Mach awarded the Bank of Scotland Herald Angel Award. The same year, he also won the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award for Art.

David Mach RA is one of the UK’s most recognised and respected artists working in contemporary art today. Known for his dynamic and imaginative large scale collage, sculpture and installations using a wide range of materials, including coat hangers, pins, matches, magazines and many others. Mach established his reputation in the 1980s with a series of increasingly ambitious sculptures and installations like 1983's Polaris, a life-size representation of the nuclear-powered submarine made from tyres, at London's Hayward Gallery.

Born in Methil, Scotland in 1956, Mach graduated from the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee in 1979 before moving onto study at the Royal College of Art, London in 1982. He is a former Turner Prize nominee and was elected a Royal Academician in 1998. Mach lives and works in London. David Mach is represented by Pangolin London.