H O L D I N G
This exhibition explores the notion of caring for ourselves whilst caring for others.
Through selected and created objects I explore the role objects take in our relationship with ourselves and how they can help us reconnect.
In 2018 my son, aged 3, was diagnosed with Leukaemia. His treatment lasted three and a half years and sadly, after 6 months, he relapsed in 2022 resulting in another two years treatment. With treatment being brutal and lasting so many years (and after effects transcending past treatment ‘end’ dates) giving my son the care he needed had a huge impact on my own need for comfort and nourishment. This work evokes the ebb and flow of sensations and body and mind connection. With a sensory experience with materials and metaphor. I explore the role our hands take in how we relate to objects by sense of touch. How does it feel? What do I notice?. How can this be expressed though rhythmic repetition with materials? rolling, pushing and smoothing and how this approach supports the exploration of the unknown.
H O L D I N G , F A L L I N G 2 0 2 4
High and Low,
Draped and resting,
Thin gold threads repeatedly tied in knots,
Catching, holding and pendulous.
Porcelain, Tervakoski Roll Detail Paper 25gm2, sewing pins and gold thread.
Size: H 240m x L90cm x D40cm
H O L D I N G , N E S T I N G 2 0 2 4
Spinning, nesting,
Holding within and holding out,
Repeating,
Hands gliding, swinging, stroking and circling.
Ink, porcelain slip, charcoal and graphite on Fabriano Accademia Roll 200gsm.
Size L 200cm x H 150cm
H O L D I N G , C O N N E C T I N G 2 0 2 4
A continuous black thread rises and falls,
Loops tighten and loops loosen,
Through small holes pins hold,
Drifting together and drifting apart.
(Porcelain, black cotton and sewing pins.) Size L 240cm x H 220cm
Ceramics Pieces: Size 7x7cm / 3x3cm / 4x4cm
H O L D I N G , W A I T I N G 2 0 2 4
Held in fragile nets,
Hanging by thin gold threads,
Simultaneously separated and connected, Pinned,
Stillness repeats,
A backdrop against a wall, impervious to the light,
holding, waiting.
(Porcelain, mesh nets, Tervakoski Roll Detail Paper 25gm2, sewing pins and gold thread.)
Size L 210 x H 245cm
H O L D I N G , C A T C H I N G 2 0 2 4
Shadows projecting echoes,
Holding, stretched and suspended,
Holding, vulnerable and exposed,
Holding, snapped and fallen.
(Porcelain, white cotton, metal pearl pins, black cotton and mesh nets) Size L 280 x H 170 x D 150cm
H O L D I N G , R E L E A S I N G 2 0 2 4
Hands discharging energy,
Rhythmic movements, no longer reacting,
Just a moment,
Open hands sweeping, pushing and dragging,
Open arms stretched, trailing and arching.
Holding, Releasing.
Tervakoski Roll Detail Paper 25gm2, ink, acrylic paint, graphite, porcelain slip and charcoal
Size L 560cm x H 150cm
