...art
cripqueer utopias, 2024
The Devil’s Doorframe, 2023
nightmarefleshsuicide, 2022
Animas (Guardians), 2022
Osteomancy textiles, 2022
divining painting, 2022
my body is a temple that I need to desecrate, 2021
Archive...2019-2021
This is an edited passage of one of the dream texts, and describes the worst nightmare I’ve ever had. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to make it into a painting, especially when I wanted to focus on colour; this dream was dark in tone as well as content.
Animas (Guardians), 2022
An organic form curls its tendrils around an angel’s shoulder. A traditional figure of protection, the ubiquitous idea of the guardian angel appears in many cultures, and here, this statue is married with soft sculpture in a protective union. Often soft sculpture has feminine associations, or is seen as referencing the domestic sphere. The artist embraces these links, citing the inspiration for Animas (Guardians) as the spells and talismans made by witches to protect their households in long held traditions. The soft sculpture spheres hold pockets of protective materials: salt, rosemary, and linden flowers. This material manifestation imbued with spiritual purpose references animism, the idea that everything in the material world holds a distinct spiritual essence. The title of the piece reflects this liminality- not quite ‘alive’ in the traditional sense, but holding spiritual energy. With its plant-like hanging filaments and cellular balls, Animas (Guardians) looks as if it has sprouted freshly in the material world, pushing its way out of the spiritual realm like a seedling pushing its first shoot through soil.
Osteomancy textiles, 2022
It became a fully finished soft sculpture and functional object
with a button and ribbon added to the back panel for easy travel (pictured top middle rolled up and secured). I
added buttons to the front as accents to the main designs, and love all these different textures with the random
fabric I collected: how waste can come together to make something cohesive and beautiful. This piece is
visually intriguing, and I love that it will have a life after this submission.
with a button and ribbon added to the back panel for easy travel (pictured top middle rolled up and secured). I
added buttons to the front as accents to the main designs, and love all these different textures with the random
fabric I collected: how waste can come together to make something cohesive and beautiful. This piece is
visually intriguing, and I love that it will have a life after this submission.
divining painting, 2022
I used an altered version of osteomancy to create a triptych of paintings by scattering the objects of the osteomancy set and painting corresponding shapes and colours where they landed.
my body is a temple that I need to desecrate, 2021
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Oatman-Stanford, H. (2014). Tarot Mythology: The Surprising Origins of the World’s Most Misunderstood Cards. [online] Collectors Weekly. Available at: https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-surprising-origins-of-tarot-most-misunderstood-cards/.
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Parlett, D. (2009). Tarot | playing card. [online] Encyclopedia Britannica. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/topic/tarot.
Peterson, J.H. (2020). The magic wand. [online] esotericarchives.com. Available at: http://esotericarchives.com/wands/index.html [Accessed 2 Dec. 2021].
Piper, G. (2020). The History of the Magic Wand. [online] Exploring History. Available at: https://medium.com/exploring-history/the-history-of-the-magic-wand-7441f04b996 [Accessed 2 Dec. 2021].
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Souter, A. (2016). Hannah Wilke Paintings, Bio, Ideas. [online] The Art Story. Available at: https://www.theartstory.org/artist/wilke-hannah/#nav [Accessed 2 Dec. 2021].
Treloar, M. and Baillie, R. (2018). Joan Jonas Art, Bio, Ideas. [online] The Art Story. Available at: https://www.theartstory.org/artist/jonas-joan/#nav [Accessed 2 Dec. 2021].
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Wikipedia. (2021). Wand. [online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wand [Accessed 2 Dec. 2021].
www.artsy.net. (n.d.). Anne Hieronymus | Altar (2015) | Available for Sale | Artsy. [online] Available at: https://www.artsy.net/artwork/anne-hieronymus-altar [Accessed 2 Dec. 2021].
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