Horsebridge Open 2019

Rearranged and recycled objects from previous installations shown at the Horsebridge Open Exhibition titled The Space Within. Each object is a plaster cast of an exact object speaking of volume and the ensemble also speaks of space within a perimeter. My title was Washing up.

Slow Stich exhibition

Since April last year I have been experimenting with cloth and stich. I have also been repairing and bringing to life some of my old favourite knitted jumpers and my grandfather's old coat. These are becomming diarys of different epochs of my life as well as becomming new rewearable articles of clothing.
In February there is a group show 'Slow Stich'. This is the piece that I have submitted.

In this piece I made a journey through time; thirty years of life in small house in rural France. The fabrics all came from within this space and some of them reflect specific times and encounters. 

The colours come from JN”s earthenware clay and from a bunch of last year’s lavender grown locally that I left in a vase. As I stitched this piece in situ I relived and reflected on memories. Many secrets are hidden within this ensemble of fabrics and stiches. 

Shifting Tides

Shifting Tides was an Access 10 exhibition. My piece focused on our local beaches and tides with a sound recording taken from a session with Bill Colman who had worked from the shores and local harbour all his life. The short excerpts were played on a loop and told yarns of events that had happened due to particular tide and weather conditions mostly in the 1950's and 60's. when most of the boats were still under sail.
It was site specific. As the curator had decided to place the prints apart from the main instalation I used the floor surface to connect these two spaces using tape.
I also produced an information brochure to go with the installation that used information collected from various organisations and different leaflets.

Chosen Line

On the last day of this exhibition I was selling 1meter lenghts for £10.00. Unfortunatly I did not really advertise it well and Tuesdays being quiet in the gallery I did not sell. The piece is still intact.

Open studios

This year I decided to do the Oyster Festival open studio Art trail. My studio was already cleared and cleaned for the Biennalle so it was simple. I shared my space with Artist and friend Sarah Lancaster. Open studios is a great oppertunity to engage with the public as an artist. This I enjoy. It also prompted me to produce a few one off smaller prints.

Silkscreen update

I was able to lay out my silkscreen to get an idea how this project is progressing. I have twelve prints but three are framed. I added a proof screen print of one of the framed prints so see how it would work. I need to rearrange the set and possibly print an additional print to gain the effect that I am looking for. Not brilliant photographs as it was in evening light.

Extraneous variables - Whitstable Biennale Satalite program

My piece for this event was described as below.

For this, her third biennale Jennifer Wright has converted her shed studio into a space

where you are invited to play with ideas using a selection of tools.

Jennifer hopes that a connection might be made with other events that are taking place

on the Satellite programme and that a rapport might trigger a philosophical dialogue.

This installation will include a sound piece by Rachael Dickens. Entry via the garage

doors on St. Peter’s Road. It is preferable to have no more than four people in the

venue at any given time.

On the sofa: An informal chance to discuss ideas arising from events at studio 62, with

a glass of wine provided. Limited places so either book by texting: 07990580925 or take

potluck by just turning up, entry via the front door.

The public chose a hand printed card which had a word on it before they entered the space.

They entered the space alone and I left them to explore the instalation and their responses privatly. The card they could keep.

It was a really successful event from my view point. Sufficient numbers of the public came to experience my installation and all interacted with it as I had hoped. I now have a box of Extraneous variables which I hope to incorporate in a silkscreen print. But this will not be until the end of this year. I now am working towards another Access 10 exhibiton, Shifting Tides where I want to create a site and situation specific installation. I also will do a new print.