Sleeves (2020), Detail Cotton, thread, binding. Sleeves (2020), Detail. Sleeves (2020), Detail. Sleeves (2020), Detail. Sheet (2020), sheet, thread. Would you do the HS6 again? 100% yes! Looking back through these images of early HS6 work with fresh eyes; everything at the time was very overwhelming and I felt tightly… Continue reading Time to fly!
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Morph(ed out)
Gathered (2022). Fabric, thread and cord. 1m drop, 350mm width. I have been making these bags throughout the HS6 as space fillers, I used them to gather and hold collections of teeth, hair, rags and dust, but now they are empty! This emptiness now gathers and holds personal affirmations and intentions ready to be activated… Continue reading Morph(ed out)
DNA under Perspex!
Found, given, owned, loved (April 2022) grey hair. From DNA – some old, found, given, owned; some strands discarded from heads of long passed loved ones – a new narrative is born. The work is made from once crowning glories, now a new story; their story and my story combined! Around my neck is a… Continue reading DNA under Perspex!
SHAPE SHIFTER: HS6 Fundraiser
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Magical flying Rogg
Goya. (1798) Witches’ Flight Recently my thoughts and research ( see previous post) have turned to the rugs (flying, seems to be a theme right now!) which I have been making for my boys and the work with my own hair that I have been processing for now into one long line, tying each… Continue reading Magical flying Rogg
“Otherness”
Magritte, R. (1947).La Philosophie dans le boudoir I thought I would share a brief glimpse of the book “Fetish”, lent to me (many thanks to Judy Darragh for her kindness in this lend), containing a fantastic collection of essays published by the Princeton School of Architecture which examines fetish in terms of commodity and counterfeit as… Continue reading “Otherness”
Thank you…
Thank you to Judy for lending me ‘Fetish’ ! A wondrous collection of essays…! x
“Silence isn’t empty; it’s full of answers”…Anonymous
Mouth Stone 2021 I intended to post more of past work from the “Under the bed“ series, however, I got waylaid with some fantastic mentoring sessions and discussions with Iris. These interactions have resulted in my work turning a corner into something I never thought would be created… ‘old work, no, I think you are… Continue reading “Silence isn’t empty; it’s full of answers”…Anonymous
What’s under the bed?
For the application for the HS6 I made quite a few works which have since been placed back under the bed to live…to live with the monsters! I thought I’d pull them out and revisit a few over the next few weeks… The chain reaction link I made (see previous post) took about two and… Continue reading What’s under the bed?
Nelson chain process…
“Even as I sleep I will punish myself” (2021) Artist’s own hair, dog hair, woollen blanket, cotton. 1m 60cm (drop) x 2m 25cm (length) The hair shirt is well known for its role in penance at Lent. Not being religious I still wanted to play with the idea of irritation as punishment. The use of… Continue reading Nelson chain process…