Studio

I have been invited to take part in an on-line show relating to the house, this is a response to the current 'lock-down' situation although the works do not necessarily have to be about that. It is more an exploration of the home as a conceptual space. I am in the bedroom. I have enjoyed selecting this/these works in relation to the show ‘Housebound’ specifically the Bedroom, a private place of intimacy. The work is undoubtedly feminine and I enjoy using materials that relate to ideas softness and vulnerability, however there is an intentional ‘phycological edge’ to the work. There is a constant tension between the sculptures made and their rather more glamorous image based portraits which have all been subjected to the filtering and enhancing process of the ‘social media experience’. The line between where the actual work begins and ends is always eluding me. Through the materials manipulation in the studio and the various apps available, ideas around t...

Dear R, The work you are interested in showing was made a few years ago and I have hunted out some old journals to remind myself of the thought process and how it came about! Obviously my practice has matured and moved on since then but it has been quite interesting to re-engage with that early work and process. At the time I was very interested in researching Freuds uncanny and how combining familiar materials could be suggestive or subversive. The fragility of the delicate painted and decorated eggs – somehow tragic yet endearing combined with the addition of the teeth [feelings of revulsion – elements of the body] brought about the curious work. I suppose it was a comment – or a suggestion – the connection to the fabulous Faberge eggs – highly valued – thinking about that and the hierarchy of things we deem as one more valuable than another.  They do have some kind of presence though almost like small reliquaries.     I enjoyed the tensio...