Curating the space in Listoke May 2021 I regard the things I make as tools, relational objects. The morning I arrive in Listoke I draw the objects into position. I am alone. It is just me and the objects. There is no plan yet, per say...
Blindbox houses the Eyecards The Eye shape echoes the Mandorla - which appears in the blog post on Provocations. Ellis and Bochner (2000) define as "...
Assembling the 'girdle' is a slow, small, quiet job. The stitches must be strong and unseen to anchor the strips to the flannel panel. There is a precision and order to creating them. I find my breathing slows as I concentrate on the space between...
Raw Edge Bound Edge Pinned edge Red Flannel and Bias Binding Bias Innards Bias bound between two rolls References Notes about Red Flannel from previous research 1800's onwards, in those days many folk wore red flannel as undergarments. Reports in the Victorian press stated that red flannel was worn close to the skin...
[gallery ids="605,606,607,604,608,609"] As the grand finale of a 3 year MA in Studio Practice approaches I look to my writing as inspiration for the artwork. Everything seems to relate, the words like materials in themselves. There is a meditation working with the hands, especially handsewing. I...
I wrote my way through February and March. I gathered all the writing that came out of me and put it ON something. I was object and subject and definitely felt at times (in the hospital) that I was performed upon. Art-ing about it...
Mold, replica, plaster, shape, embodiment, copy, cast. Hand as tool, hand as drawing implement. Death masks and life casts. I recall with fascination the Ex Voto shrines in this Cathedral in Brazil. Body parts hung in gratitude for receiving a intercession, or added as...
As part of my materials kit for my 'This is Tomorrow Project' I constructed 16 x 2m lengths of dyed recycled flag bunting. The intention is to mark make, paint and draw on each one over Zoom. When lockdown lifts we can come together as...
Eye in the rushes There is something that drives me, from the gut or belly to take a material and make with it. I've been responding to materials in the studio. A bag of rushes left on my doorstep. Making from my 'bolg' and creating...
From session with Hayley 1st Feb 2021 The following quote is in reference to Schrag (2003) and his unpacking of Praxis/Poiesis within Chapter 9. "One dimension is the making of things - spatiotemporally existent entities - which are the intrinsic product of poiesis. The second...