Profile

I did two pieces for this DAB show. The main piece was constructed out of two chairs of my grandmother's. One had been left to decompose in the garden for five years. The other was in the state that I inherited. The piece was titled TIME, the profile being abstract and made by thought process.
It started in the window of the gallery and was more situation related as an instalation than site specific. I liked the slope. At the end of the exhibition I set it up centrally in the gallery on the floor as originally planned.
DAB is a experimental group of artist friends who meet weekly to do just that; experiment with ideas developed from drawing. Drawing And Beyond. I have been in the group for three years.

The other piece was titled 390 bus route. It profiled the journey from Victoria to Kings cross London. With some artistic licence on choosing the bus stops.

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.