The Study Of Nests. Work for Ornamental.

 here is the completed project. I am also working on accompanying drawings... running short of time though!

The study of nests. Work for Ornamental.

The work is taking shape for the group show Ornamental... I am looking at the formation of safe spaces. 
(Please excuse the in-need-of-a-paint walls in my studio!)

The study of nests

2010

Used bedding fabric.

Red Gate Gallery presents

‘Ornamental’

An exhibition of contemporary art inspired by pattern, decoration and repetition featuring artists Nicola Anthony, Denise Hickey, Evelin Kasikov, Daisy McMullan, Laura Traver, Alana Tyson

Private View: Friday 29^th October 2010 – 6.00 to 11.00 pm

Exhibition runs from:          
Friday 29^th October – Thursday 4^th November 2010

Gallery Opening Hours:      
Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri: 11.00 am to 6.30 pm

Sat: 12.30pm - 5.00 pm         

Last day of Exhibition:        Thursday 4^th November: 10.00am to 5.00pm

Ornamental brings together the work of six female artists whose work centres around themes of decoration, pattern and repetition.  The exhibition aims to challenge traditional perceptions of the decorative in a fine art context and open up a wider discourse about gender, politics and the validity of decoration in the broader schema of contemporary art today.  The artists’ works are not defined or constrained within traditional media and includes diverse processes such as stitching, sewing, embroidery, cutting, collage, folding and draping.

Some old bits and pieces

Found these photos knocking around and thought I'd share them. These are bits of work I made mostly in 2007 and stretching into 2008.

From the top:
Fabric Sandcastles. 2007/08. Temporary installation. Bed sheets, wood 200x60x60cm
Blankets. 2007. Temporary installation. Used blankets, stitching, dye 160x75cm each piece
Pillow talk. 2007. Pillow case, curtains, bleach 300x50cm
I remember when I was someone else. 2007. Reused artwork made from blanket and curtains, stitching 70x70cm
                    

I am surrounded by objects that define me: Some things in my studio or ornaments

I am surrounded by objects that define me: The jumper or I used to have one like that or Repeat after me.

some drawings on nice paper, some drawings on found paper and a couple of collages based on a picture of a wooly jumper.

Drawings

woolly jumper

2010

perch

2010

falling

2010

House systems

house systems

Series of 4

found wood 2010

Work, rest and play. Aka Weight

Work, rest and play aka Weight

knitting, kilo weight 2010

some more Ta-Da

Crazy bird ladies...

Ta-Da

...finally, as I am about to take down the work tomorrow, I have sorted my life out enough to post some pictures from the opening night. The show went really well, my favourite so far. Thank you all for coming.

There is safety in numbers. Residency exhibition. Go on, come along!

An exhibition exploring the idea of community, collective living and shared environments.

PRIVATE VIEW: 18^TH MARCH 6:00-9:00PM

EXHIBITION DATES: 19^TH MARCH TO 2ND APRIL

VENUE:

The Visual Arts Centre

Frances Bardsley School

Brentwood Road

Romford

Essex

Rm1 2RR

TRANSPORT:

Buses from Romford Railway station 294, 193, 165

CONTACT:

Deborah Holland 01708 447368 ext 238 djh_fbs@yahoo.co.uk

flight path

as part of the crow crow collective we set ourselves the task to create a piece of work around the theme "mechanical birds". As my response to this I am attempting to create a mark making "machine" looking at intervention and interaction. It is currently taking the form of different experiments. More to go up on crowcrowcollective.blogspot.com

be the same. some kind of process.

I have decided to go back and look at the "be the same, some kind of protest" piece of work I had done before and give it another go. This is still a work in progress but I am already happier with this outcome.

how about telling me a story?

tell me a story

(studio view)

wood, household paint

2010

New work, just finished. This looks at the idea of prescribed stories. The blocks have contrasting words on each side so you can flip it over and change the story.

I want to make some books to accompany this. We'll see how it goes...

same process different outcomes

finding an attachment

2009

used fabric, sewing

I've been trying to focus on subjecting things I make to the same processes and seeing what different outcomes I can get. This is only the start and, probably, the most contrived but i think there is something going on...