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United Kingdom
Drawing, Copper wire on Paper
Size: 45.7 W x 56.3 H x 2.8 D in
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This piece blurs boundaries between drawing and sculpture - a drawing in space. Inspired by whelk egg sacs, the drawing takes line from 2d to 3d, ‘between image and object’ (Fer, 2004). Its edges extend outwards by finely woven copper wire grids. Drawing over drawing with wire, some marks recede, others are recovered, expanding into and out of form. The work is in a state of becoming, emergence, mutability; bodily forms oscillate. The combination of handmade paper, rabbit skin glue and oil suggests a skin over amorphous shapes. The work suspends by its fine wires - best placed where light passes through it.
Original Created:2017
Subjects:Nature
Materials:PaperRabbit skin glueLinseed oil
Mediums:Copper wireHandmade khadi paper
Drawing:Copper wire on Paper
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:45.7 W x 56.3 H x 2.8 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Yes
Packaging:Ships in a Crate
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Born and brought up in Kenya, I now live and work in Somerset, UK. I have an MFA (distinction), Bath Spa University. I was an Ingram Prize finalist ’21, recipient of a Royal Society of Sculptors Gilbert Bayes Award ’19, and received the Red Line Art Works Award ’20 for my environmental sculptural installations Glut, Accretion, Snakes and Ladders. I exhibit throughout UK and internationally, am a member of Royal Society of Sculptors, and trustee of Somerset Art Works. I create mixed media assemblages, blurring boundaries between sculpture, drawing and installation, often large-scale and immersive. There is an overriding message of sustainability, with environment at heart; a passion for nature rooted in the notion of life’s interconnectedness, cyclical persistence, transformation. I am interested in tentacularity; the complex web of relationships from micro to macro. I see these rhizomic connections as metaphors for life, vitalism and regeneration. Life as line, energy, is an ongoing ‘doing’ thing - matter in a process of becoming. The work focuses on concerns about climate breakdown, human exploitation of nature and over-consumption, which has led to catastrophic mass animal/plant extinctions. My approach is a form of suturing, artivism, making do, care and repair, giving abandoned objects new life. Materiality and process are key. My re-appropriation of reclaimed, found and discarded materials relates to waste, our relationship with matter, nature, and ourselves. I regard materials as non-hierarchical. I use labour-intensive methods, often meditative, engaging directly with materials, deliberately showing the hand of maker. Processes include weaving, wrapping, hand stitching, soldering, welding and casting. There is a play of contrasts, an eclectic juxtaposition of delicate/soft and strong/hard. These can suggest organic bodily forms, sometimes abject. The work blends ancient craft with contemporary concepts, fusing cultures. Deep-rooted connections with Kenya (where I was brought up) inform work. Larger concerns are layered over personal histories. I am interested in creating site-responsive work in unexpected places for art, reaching people who may not have engaged with contemporary art before. Alongside my own practice, I work within the community on socially engaged projects.
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