Figures

My body of work consists of mixed media figures using textile processes with these as a response to my first task in this module where I looked at a paper about a textile exhibition, working with textiles as your predominant media poses several struggles, mainly due to the hierarchy of acceptable fine art material and as such is yet to gain a similar status, possibly also due to the problems one may pose for a curator when it comes to display. Cloth is however a powerful material, despite its connection to domestic sphere, cloth is with us from when we enter the world and shrouds us when we leave with all of that cloth in between.

Through this module I have joined several online forums, what I have experienced is that an Artist who uses cloth, does so as a medium to narrate their vision, others use textile for the textiles sake? I am happy to debate this.

Poster Presentation