I was exploring grief. My mum passed away a year ago. I was exploring the shape of grief. In the beginning, a year ago, the grief was wide, as the year went on it narrowed. A year on, the anniversary blows the grief up. The entire piece is hollow, empty inside. It is made from the fabric which my mum sewed her clothes from. Clothes I remember so clearly as a small child looking up, clinging to her legs, the static crackle from her slip colliding with the synthetic fabrics of her full skirts.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Grief in cloth
I was exploring grief. My mum passed away a year ago. I was exploring the shape of grief. In the beginning, a year ago, the grief was wide, as the year went on it narrowed. A year on, the anniversary blows the grief up. The entire piece is hollow, empty inside. It is made from the fabric which my mum sewed her clothes from. Clothes I remember so clearly as a small child looking up, clinging to her legs, the static crackle from her slip colliding with the synthetic fabrics of her full skirts.
Monday, September 05, 2011
Transformation
I've been printing up like crazy for the past month or so. I have learned so much and there's so much I would do differently, but then again, I'm so proud of my work and a bit sad it's over for now.
I've been exploring transformation through Climate Change. How our world will be transformed, before our eyes and into the future once we're gone.
The first topic i was looking at in this work, I had to create a series of Collagraphs. I had been watching some Climate change videos about Tuvalu and Kiribati islander people who were living existing real-time examples that Climate Change is happening and why urgent action on climate change must occur.
The Collographs used fabric, sandpaper foil, card, corrugated card, foam letters, chux wipes, yarn and plant materials.
The two books are to be read together as one.
A series of multi plate prints utilising techniques and methods such as Collagraph, relief mono type, additive and subtractive mono type, Linocut. Pages 17 and 18 have fold up and out sections that fit the book together.
Love, B.
I've been exploring transformation through Climate Change. How our world will be transformed, before our eyes and into the future once we're gone.
The first topic i was looking at in this work, I had to create a series of Collagraphs. I had been watching some Climate change videos about Tuvalu and Kiribati islander people who were living existing real-time examples that Climate Change is happening and why urgent action on climate change must occur.
The Collographs used fabric, sandpaper foil, card, corrugated card, foam letters, chux wipes, yarn and plant materials.
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The final work a series of 4 Collagraphs using gamblin ink and soaked Fabriano academia paper 200 GSM |
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It took a full week to dry the ink on the chamois |
A series of multi plate prints utilising techniques and methods such as Collagraph, relief mono type, additive and subtractive mono type, Linocut. Pages 17 and 18 have fold up and out sections that fit the book together.
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The cover, the vessel for the Artist book. Chamois printed with a map of the world. Climate change is a global problem |
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Chamois cover - the world wrapped and tied around the Artist book |
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Buried the Artist book in the garden, marked it with stones. It will be left there for someone else to find, perhaps a future generation if any survive climate change. |
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