Counting Down.....Baggage's 'Grand Finale'!!!

Pelt (detail)

Some weeks ago I saw the Mondrian Nicholson In Parallel  at The Courtauld Gallery www.courtauld.ac.uk/gallery/.../mondrian-nicholson/index.shtml
 It is a beautifully curated show, subtle and understated, highlighting some of the ways in which each of these artists had been influenced by the other.

 One of the most exciting things about the final preparations for an exhibition is drawing all the threads together to make a cohesive body of work. As sometimes happens at this moment an idea for a new work surfaces.

Taking photos of some of my bags for her blog  http://fed-fed.tumblr.com/ Helen used a sheepskin rug as a backdrop to the work entitled 'Pelt'. This intuitive response sparked a chance collaboration and the making of a new ( as yet unfinished ) 'grand finale'!

Pelt

Preparations for 'Baggage' 1.

Prize

 

 With just over 4 weeks to go until my exhibition in St Ives my poor brain is fizzing. The 'word' connections fed by my ancient Roget's Thesaurus, snippets of passing conversation and snatched shreds of reading are now coming together to form a cohesive whole.....or a set of disconnections.
Ordered today some 'Pink Candy- Stripe Paper Bags'.....http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pink-Candy-Stripe-Paper-Bags

 why? why not?

Sewn in.

One of the issues the film The Skin I Live In directed by Pedro Almodovar disturbingly explores is how we make judgments based on what we see. Does the exterior, the outside , the casing, the skin give us the real essence of someone or something? Or is it the unseen the hidden inside that makes someone or something what it is?
What gives us our identity?

Hem

 Constructed textile drawing.

The uncertain edge between beauty and menace, further disconnect.

Misty Easter Day.

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 Wrapped, unwrapped, bound and unbound. Unseen and seen?
On Easter Day a misty walk by the sea we talked about uncertainty....

Chiffon....

Chiffon has at its roots a number of meanings;
French chiffe : rag; Arabic shiff : sheer; Middle English chippe : chip,shard,fragment.

I have been using it as an alternative fabric to silk organza for the past couple of weeks. Its frail, limpid, translucent qualities are highly evocative and sensuous.

Drawing No.43

The final results a betrayal of its fragility.