Recent work, Wellspring forms an introduction to Pilgrimage to Imago, (Residency 2021). Re-imagining the cycle of birth/death, a process of decay and renewal, insect forms bristle with life, layering complex patterns inside and out. Through a series of soft sculpture, paintings and assemblages I imagine these ideas as an exploration to my own psychology, reflecting childhood to adulthood, always in a state of flux, always in a state of loss and becoming, working through the deep psychoanalytical complexities that underpin lived experience, directing a more poetic extension of the ‘self’ as subject.
'Wellspring', Materials: Australian Tapestry Workshop (ATW) wool, knit cuff, synthetic fur, silk/mohair, sequins, seed beads.
WIP: Japanese sequins, seed beads, Australian Tapestry Workshop (ATW) wool, knit cuff, synthetic fur, silk/mohair, sequins, seed beads.
WIP: Japanese sequins, seed beads, Australian Tapestry Workshop (ATW) wool, synthetic fur, interfacing fabric, silver velvet, mixed beads.
'Wellspring', 2020, section of rabbit (leg) formed using red velvet square 30 x 30 cm, interfacing fabric, wool knit, synthetic fur, silk/mohair wool forming central body, sequins, mixed beads and seed beads, 30 x 15 x 15 cm
'Wellspring', 2020, synthetic fur, silk/mohair wool forming central body, sequins, mixed beads and seed beads, 30 x 15 x 15 cm